Janell
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-NEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Janell is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Janell mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Janelle, a diminutive of Jane
“God is gracious”
Is Janell a girl's or a boy's name?
Janell is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janell in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 girls.
Janell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Janell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Janell, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 416 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer girls named Janell than any year since 1924.
Half of all the girls named Janell in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 373 girls in the US were given Janell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #734, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Janell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,695 |
| 2008 | 123 | #1,786 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,792 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 85 | #2,159 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,613 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,924 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,653 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,747 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,454 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,420 |
| 1998 | 149 | #1,224 |
| 1997 | 147 | #1,216 |
| 1996 | 145 | #1,217 |
| 1995 | 147 | #1,166 |
| 1994 | 191 | #972 |
| 1993 | 185 | #997 |
| 1992 | 216 | #902 |
| 1991 | 202 | #940 |
| 1990 | 227 | #863 |
| 1989 | 216 | #858 |
| 1988 | 241 | #780 |
| 1987 | 245 | #738 |
| 1986 | 242 | #734 |
| 1985 | 260 | #686 |
| 1984 | 288 | #618 |
| 1983 | 286 | #611 |
| 1982 | 308 | #590 |
| 1981 | 330 | #562 |
| 1980 | 340 | #547 |
| 1979 | 416 | #490 |
| 1978 | 334 | #537 |
| 1977 | 267 | #628 |
| 1976 | 293 | #566 |
| 1975 | 298 | #562 |
| 1974 | 209 | #701 |
| 1973 | 258 | #605 |
| 1972 | 223 | #670 |
| 1971 | 280 | #608 |
| 1970 | 274 | #621 |
| 1969 | 258 | #618 |
| 1968 | 261 | #594 |
| 1967 | 236 | #617 |
| 1966 | 233 | #623 |
| 1965 | 286 | #562 |
| 1964 | 259 | #635 |
| 1963 | 213 | #692 |
| 1962 | 282 | #591 |
| 1961 | 275 | #610 |
| 1960 | 234 | #663 |
| 1959 | 218 | #677 |
| 1958 | 216 | #673 |
| 1957 | 239 | #629 |
| 1956 | 215 | #653 |
| 1955 | 199 | #662 |
| 1954 | 263 | #547 |
| 1953 | 200 | #627 |
| 1952 | 179 | #661 |
| 1951 | 147 | #720 |
| 1950 | 158 | #674 |
| 1949 | 168 | #640 |
| 1948 | 97 | #880 |
| 1947 | 140 | #718 |
| 1946 | 112 | #776 |
| 1945 | 80 | #842 |
| 1944 | 93 | #793 |
| 1943 | 103 | #762 |
| 1942 | 78 | #873 |
| 1941 | 77 | #821 |
| 1940 | 83 | #772 |
| 1939 | 79 | #766 |
| 1938 | 79 | #792 |
| 1937 | 74 | #796 |
| 1936 | 88 | #711 |
| 1935 | 70 | #813 |
| 1934 | 59 | #888 |
| 1933 | 48 | #999 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,015 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,403 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,540 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,097 |
| 1926 | 92 | #748 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,079 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Janell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Betsy, Joni, Sara, Mia, Molly, Heidi, Holly, Robyn, Michelle, Erin, Darcie
Other spellings of Janell
Names related to Janell
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Janell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janell, updated 20 October 2026.