Janelle

Boy · recorded 1976–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1982best year

Most popular in 1982.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Janelle.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1976

03619761983199119982005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 13 recorded years as a table
Janelle, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19763
19783
19793
19804
19826
19835
19843
19853
19864
19874
19883
19894
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Janelle isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#11,472
How rare
1 in 399,461 boys
Since 1976
86

Janelle was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1982, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Janelle doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.