Janella
Girl · juh-NEL-uh · Hebrew
Janella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Janella mean?
Hebrew: elaboration of Jane, like Janelle
“God is gracious”
- Say it
- juh-NEL-uh
Is Janella a girl's or a boy's name?
Janella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Janella, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Janella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Janella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Janella, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Janella in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,169 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,884 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Nicknames for Janella
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