How Many People Are Named Janelle?
An estimated 50,884 people in the United States have the first name Janelle. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 37 years old, and Janelle peaked in popularity in 1979 with 1,421 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janelle as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Janelle paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Janelle is overwhelmingly female, 86 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
50,884
About 1 in 6,736 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
37
years old
Peak Year
1979
1,421 births
Total Registered
56,623
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janelle
Janelle is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 56,623 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Janelle as a male name
Ranked #12,198 in 2005
5 male births in 2005
Peak: 1982 (10 births)
Janelle as a female name
Ranked #776 in 2024
362 female births in 2024
Peak: 1979 (1,416 births)
Janelle: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janelle span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 12,637 babies were registered. Janelle has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Janelle by Decade
How has Janelle tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Janelle by State
Birth registrations for Janelle span all 51 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Vermont, Delaware, New Hampshire. On average, about 1,029 Janelles were registered per state.
Janelle + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janelle as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Janelle: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janelle?
We estimate approximately 50,884 people named Janelle are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 6,736 Americans share this first name.
Is Janelle a common name?
Janelle is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 99.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 56,623 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janelle most popular?
Janelle reached peak popularity in 1979, when 1,421 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janelle is approximately 37 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janelle a female name?
Janelle is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janelle Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janelle Smith, Janelle Johnson, Janelle Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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