How popular is the name Janell?

Janell ranks 1,020th among girls' names in US records, with 16,989 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 448.

Is Janell a unisex name?

No. Janell is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1979, when 442 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,020 of girl names

Pronounced JH AE1 N EH1 L (ARPABET)

Janell is a girls' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 16,989 children — the 1,020th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 448 births across the past decade, against a peak of 442 in a single year. That peak was in 1979.

1979Girls: 442Boys: 5

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Janell?: Janell ranks 1,020th among girls' names in US records, with 16,989 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 448.
Is Janell a unisex name?: No. Janell is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Janell most popular?: 1979, when 442 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.