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How popular is the name Janelle?

Births per year, rank history and how many Janelles are alive today.

Janelle (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 642nd in 2025 with 60 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Janelle you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Janelles born in England and Wales are between 6 and 20, and there are at least 860 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Janelle - on average, only one in every 367 such rooms contains a Janelle.

How many babies are named Janelle each year?

0204060200020201996: 71997: 161998: 71999: 92000: 122001: 232002: 162003: 152004: 192005: 282006: 172007: 282008: 362009: 282010: 422011: 252012: 342013: 452014: 272015: 332016: 352017: 302018: 262019: 272020: 182021: 272022: 372023: 352024: 552025: 60actual

Where does Janelle rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0961997: ranked 1,1761998: ranked 2,1651999: ranked 1,8052000: ranked 1,4752001: ranked 9362002: ranked 1,2452003: ranked 1,3832004: ranked 1,2092005: ranked 9512006: ranked 1,4352007: ranked 1,0502008: ranked 8992009: ranked 1,1052010: ranked 8402011: ranked 1,2692012: ranked 1,0372013: ranked 8392014: ranked 1,2342015: ranked 1,0572016: ranked 1,0132017: ranked 1,1442018: ranked 1,2722019: ranked 1,2182020: ranked 1,6182021: ranked 1,2242022: ranked 9402023: ranked 9812024: ranked 6862025: ranked 642

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Janelle per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 60 in 2025
Janelle: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Janelle most popular?

Janelle peaked in 2025, when 60 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Janelle?

At least 860 people named Janelle born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Janelle?

Most living Janelles are between 6 and 20; the most common age is about 2.

Is Janelle becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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