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Janel

Gender
Girl
Say it
ja-NEL
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#10,913 for girls

Janel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Janel mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Janelle, a diminutive of Jane

“God is gracious”

Jane is a feminine form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan.

Is Janel a girl's or a boy's name?

Janel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Janel in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 4 girls.

2005Busiest: 4 in 20212023
Janel in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20233#5,929
20220–
20214#4,864
20200–
20193#5,804
20181#7,536
20173#5,998
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20113#6,007
20103#5,938
20093#5,801
20083#5,772
20071#7,017
20060–
20053#4,976

How popular is Janel in the US?

Rank in 2025
10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 45% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Janel, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 424 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.

2025 had fewer girls named Janel than any year since 1943.

Half of all the girls named Janel in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 373 girls in the US were given Janel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #734, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.

1933Busiest: 424 in 19712025
Janel in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#10,913
202416#6,928
202318#6,404
202214#7,626
202123#5,394
202027#4,755
201926#5,039
201823#5,450
201732#4,383
201636#4,082
201531#4,487
201438#3,923
201341#3,701
201235#4,214
201142#3,658
201043#3,623
200964#2,778
200869#2,663
200757#3,047
200656#3,016
200559#2,783
200478#2,237
200392#1,969
200278#2,139
2001101#1,762
200096#1,797
1999106#1,578
1998130#1,348
1997114#1,447
1996160#1,131
1995163#1,087
1994189#976
1993203#929
1992223#883
1991236#845
1990194#964
1989238#798
1988255#734
1987280#666
1986231#750
1985185#863
1984207#778
1983228#726
1982283#636
1981324#568
1980397#507
1979359#530
1978413#475
1977387#491
1976346#514
1975346#513
1974310#545
1973333#512
1972357#495
1971424#470
1970386#508
1969312#559
1968252#607
1967184#723
1966114#952
1965105#1,019
1964130#917
1963106#1,043
1962121#967
1961142#908
1960110#1,024
1959107#1,022
1958110#987
1957103#1,032
195687#1,104
195586#1,086
1954102#957
195379#1,081
195283#1,027
195183#1,018
195073#1,075
194962#1,153
194855#1,222
194741#1,460
194618#2,227
194513#2,457
194413#2,510
19438#3,492
194211#2,815
194116#2,095
19407#3,501
193910#2,734
19389#2,938
19379#2,939
193612#2,385
193529#1,356
19346#3,800
19335#4,216

Names like Janel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica, Joni, Darcie, Mia, Robyn, Marnie, Heidi, Rachel, Jasmine, Sara, Erin, Jana

Other spellings of Janel

Janelle, Janell, Jannelle

Names related to Janel

Janella, Janyla, Janelly, Janely, Janeli, Janelli

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Janel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janel, updated 20 October 2026.