Janella
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 58 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,968since 1917
Janella over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 |
| 1979 | #2,248 | 43 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #1,613 | 58 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
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| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
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| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Janella! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,928 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #8,860)
- 1,301 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #8,860)
- 3,572 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1971 at #1,613 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,687
- Highest: 1 in 28,687 girls born in 1971 were named Janella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 20.8% of all girls named Janella (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,594 (1917) | #4,594 |
| 1920s | 41 | #3,875 (1927) | #4,398 |
| 1930s | 82 | #2,113 (1938) | #3,087 |
| 1940s | 129 | #2,109 (1940) | #2,709 |
| 1950s | 209 | #1,885 (1951) | #2,411 |
| 1960s | 179 | #2,474 (1961) | #3,178 |
| 1970s | 410 | #1,613 (1971) | #2,130 |
| 1980s | 274 | #2,308 (1980) | #3,394 |
| 1990s | 194 | #3,097 (1991) | #5,732 |
| 2000s | 129 | #6,129 (2002) | #8,923 |
| 2010s | 234 | #4,343 (2019) | #5,625 |
| 2020s | 82 | #6,932 (2024) | #7,823 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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