Janiel is a rare variant of Janell that peaked in 2013 and has grown less common since.
Janiel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,155 for boy births in the United States (and #6,773 across all names), given to 38 babies — 43 including U.S. territories. Janiel was first reported in SSA data in 1940 and peaked in 2011 (52 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 43 | — | #3,155 |
| 2024 | 23 | 28 | — | #4,488 |
| 2023 | 26 | 31 | — | #4,161 |
| 2022 | 23 | 31 | — | #4,496 |
| 2021 | 29 | 35 | — | #3,775 |
| 2020 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,759 |
| 2019 | 34 | 42 | — | #3,383 |
| 2018 | 38 | 45 | — | #3,073 |
| 2017 | 41 | 52 | — | #2,916 |
| 2016 | 34 | 41 | — | #3,325 |
| 2015 | 50 | 71 | — | #2,503 |
| 2014 | 49 | 69 | — | #2,523 |
| 2013 | 56 | 78 | #15,406 | #2,478 |
| 2012 | 48 | 82 | — | #2,572 |
| 2011 | 52 | 76 | — | #2,418 |
| 2010 | 44 | 85 | — | #2,757 |
| 2009 | 51 | 91 | — | #2,500 |
| 2008 | 30 | 73 | — | #3,591 |
| 2007 | 23 | 76 | — | #4,287 |
| 2006 | 33 | 73 | #15,933 | #3,719 |
| 2005 | 23 | 67 | — | #3,985 |
| 2004 | 23 | 57 | — | #3,926 |
| 2003 | 20 | 61 | #16,801 | #5,140 |
| 2002 | 20 | 60 | — | #4,099 |
| 2001 | 21 | 51 | #11,440 | #5,497 |
| 2000 | 17 | 48 | — | #4,470 |
| 1999 | 5 | 31 | — | #10,612 |
| 1998 | 8 | 26 | — | #7,136 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | — | #7,631 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #12,466 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,638 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #11,021 | — |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #12,411 | #7,143 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #7,721 | #8,998 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #14,042 | #7,671 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #11,952 | — |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #9,069 | #8,439 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #12,558 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #6,992 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #11,625 | — |
| 1985 | 15 | — | #4,940 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | — | #9,486 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #9,670 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #11,035 | — |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #6,923 | — |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #5,027 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,536 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,462 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #6,312 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,148 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #6,118 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #5,309 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #4,416 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,661 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #3,655 | — |