Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Janell

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

Endangered Down 91.6% from peak

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

416

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1914Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

91.6%

2024

All-time

15,713

Janell 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 1979, when 416 girls were named Janell.

In 2024, only 35 girls were given the name.

Down 91.6% from its peak.

All told, about 15,713 Americans have been named Janell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.6% from peak

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