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 Ἰωάννης, derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן, 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 — 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 — 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