Feminine dossier · first seen 1933

Janel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Janel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.2% from peak

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

424

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1933Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

96.2%

2024

All-time

12,015

Janel once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1971, when 424 girls were named Janel.

In 2024, only 16 girls were given the name.

Down 96.2% from its peak.

All told, about 12,015 Americans have been named Janel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1933.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.2% from peak

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