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 1912 and has been recorded in 113 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1979 with 1,416 babies (rank #186 that year). In 2024 it was given to 362 girls (rank #776). 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.

56,623
Total babies (all years)
113
Years in the data
1,416
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
19125#3,185
19138#2,436
19146#3,381
191514#2,185
191614#2,313
191710#2,972
191811#2,907
191916#2,192
192022#1,848
192116#2,331
192217#2,224
192325#1,701
192426#1,695
192520#1,970
192651#1,049
192739#1,267
192823#1,750
192941#1,166
193045#1,106
193152#963
193263#886
193369#802
193478#758
193591#707
1936111#629
1937110#649
1938122#616
1939116#630
1940102#688
194192#742
1942102#748
194398#786
1944129#653
1945138#618
1946131#705
1947189#611
1948256#514
1949262#502
1950275#486
1951240#543
1952310#476
1953331#469
1954376#455
1955419#435
1956368#486
1957409#468
1958407#472
1959393#490
1960442#465
1961431#469
1962451#451
1963441#463
1964560#413
1965472#435
1966473#432
1967522#398
1968568#384
1969665#351
1970607#387
1971641#369
1972586#370
1973609#349
1974634#343
1975733#311
1976760#302
19771,069#232
19781,384#186
19791,416#186
19801,395#194
19811,317#203
19821,245#213
19831,165#218
19841,220#212
19851,360#198
19861,220#216
19871,218#216
19881,247#209
19891,184#232
19901,106#258
19911,088#257
19921,071#261
1993980#282
1994867#314
1995779#339
1996687#386
1997654#400
1998647#413
1999609#442
2000591#470
2001588#473
2002585#480
2003606#484
2004526#545
2005571#517
2006824#390
2007817#399
2008884#373
2009781#405
2010813#394
2011813#391
2012739#426
2013777#397
2014713#451
2015680#474
2016667#477
2017628#499
2018527#583
2019549#553
2020427#671
2021447#664
2022434#672
2023417#693
2024362#776