NameTides

Janelle

Janelle was the #799 girls' name in the US in 2025 (340 babies), and #642 in England & Wales and #819 in Canada.

Janelle as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Janelle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUSScotlandIreland
Janelle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#799 (340)#642 (60)#780 (3)#885 (3)#819 (35)—
2024#775 (363)#686 (55)——#544 (55)—
2023#692 (418)#981 (35)——#729 (38)—
2022#670 (435)#940 (37)——#837 (32)—
2021#663 (448)#1,224 (27)——#787 (37)—
2020#669 (427)#1,618 (18)——#761 (37)—
2019#553 (549)#1,218 (27)——#692 (43)—
2018#583 (527)#1,272 (26)——#670 (44)—
2017#499 (628)#1,144 (30)——#720 (40)—
2016#477 (667)#1,013 (35)——#627 (48)—
2015#470 (680)#1,057 (33)——#559 (54)—
2014#450 (713)#1,234 (27)——#532 (58)—
2013#396 (777)#839 (45)——#447 (72)—
2012#426 (739)#1,037 (34)—#907 (3)#459 (67)—
2011#391 (813)#1,269 (25)——#445 (72)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1978 at #186.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Janelle is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 5,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Janelle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #498CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #633TXFlorida: #692FL
Janelle (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#40831

Janelle (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JanelleCanadaGirls#81935
JanelleEngland & WalesGirls#64260
JanelleIrelandGirls#8853
JanelleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JanelleNSWGirls—too few
JanelleScotlandGirls#7803
JanelleUSGirls#799340
JanelleUSBoys—too few