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Janiel

Boy · hah-NYEL · Modern

Janiel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).

Where does Janiel come from?

Modern: blend of Jan and Daniel

Say it
hah-NYEL

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

Janiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Janiel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,127among boys
Babies in 2025
38about 1 in 45,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Janiel, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.

2025 had more boys named Janiel than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Janiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 52 in 20112025
Janiel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202538#3,127
202423#4,430
202326#4,109
202223#4,438
202129#3,736
202028#3,731
201934#3,344
201838#3,053
201741#2,890
201634#3,292
201550#2,485
201449#2,514
201350#2,460
201248#2,550
201152#2,402
201044#2,729
200951#2,485
200830#3,558
200723#4,241
200627#3,684
200523#3,937
200423#3,855
200315#5,030
200220#4,038
200113#5,383
200017#4,383
19995#9,905
19988#6,837
19977#7,275
19960–
19958#6,400
19940–
19937#6,809
19925#8,426
19916#7,263
19900–
19895#7,898

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