Janella
Janella was the 9119th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1616th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,755 places. More babies were named Janella in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,119 girls, down 1,392 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197158 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,968babies recorded
Janella popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,119 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,727 | 14 |
| 2010 | #6,265 | 21 |
| 2000 | #8,235 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,053 | 25 |
| 1980 | #2,321 | 42 |
| 1970 | #2,179 | 37 |
| 1960 | #2,604 | 22 |
| 1950 | #2,828 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,149 | 15 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #5,331 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Janella, counting every spelling?
Janella has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Janella?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Janella (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Janella born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Janella.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Janella?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Janella are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 25 and 56. That makes Janella mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Janella
How popular is the name Janella?
Janella was the 9119th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1616th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,755 places. More babies were named Janella in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Janella a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Janella in the US.