Janelle

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Janelle, and variations such as Janegel, are feminine given names, variant of Jane which derives from the Greek name แผธฯ‰ฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ‚, derived from the Hebrew name ื™ื•ึนื—ึธื ึธืŸ, meaning "God is merciful".

From Wikipedia

Janelle first appears in the data in 1954 and has been recorded in 28 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 338 babies (rank #41 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Janelle

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Janelle yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,703
Total babies (all years)
28
Years in the data
338
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1954102#78
1955104#79
1956136#65
1957152#60
1958148#62
1959162#55
1960338#41
1961308#49
1962278#51
1963334#44
1964284#46
1965279#46
1966274#43
1967213#59
1968215#62
1969216#64
1970193#69
1971223#64
1972202#65
1973153#75
1974135#85
197542#110
197689#87
197746#111
197839#111
197936#112
20141#1,707
20171#1,695