Janel
2 countries#10917 in United States, 2025US
#10917
in United States, 2025
FR
#3998
in France, 2022
Total births recorded
12,274
Peak year (United States)
1971
Peak-year count
429
First recorded
1933
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Janel was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFrance
Country by country
United States
12,055 births recorded 1933–2025 · currently #10917 · peaked in 1971 with 429 births
Most common in: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
219 births recorded 2000–2022 · currently #3998 · peaked in 2008 with 21 births
Most common in: Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique, Nord, Seine-Saint-Denis
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Janel’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #3017 | — |
| 2007 | #3047 | ↓30 |
| 2008 | #2663 | ↑384 |
| 2009 | #2779 | ↓116 |
| 2010 | #3624 | ↓845 |
| 2011 | #3659 | ↓35 |
| 2012 | #4216 | ↓557 |
| 2013 | #3703 | ↑513 |
| 2014 | #3925 | ↓222 |
| 2015 | #4488 | ↓563 |
| 2016 | #4083 | ↑405 |
| 2017 | #4384 | ↓301 |
| 2018 | #5454 | ↓1070 |
| 2019 | #5041 | ↑413 |
| 2020 | #4757 | ↑284 |
| 2021 | #5398 | ↓641 |
| 2022 | #7631 | ↓2233 |
| 2023 | #6409 | ↑1222 |
| 2024 | #6932 | ↓523 |
| 2025 | #10917 | ↓3985 |