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Janella

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~1,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#8,860 among girls
Births in 2025
11 1,968 since 1880
Typical age
45 years, median

Janella popularity over time

Janella rank by birth year, 1917–2025Janella ranked #4,594 in 1917 and #8,860 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,613, in 1971.#10,000#8,860best #1,613 in 1971192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1917–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1971 is the peak year for Janella, with 58 births. 1917 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. In 2025 it ranked #8,860 with 11 births.

Over ten years the count has fallen 56%. It slipped 1928 places against the previous year.

Babies named Janella per yearPeaks at 58 births in 1971.58 in 19710192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Janella?

An estimated 1,700 living Americans are called Janella. SSA has recorded 1,968 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Janella?

The typical living Janella is 45 years old. More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Janella a late 20th-century name.

Your Janella

Ages of living people named JanellaHalf of living Janellas are older than 45 and half younger.median 45020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Janella in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Janella ranked #4,867 in 2025 on 4 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Janella

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Janella Salvador Filipino actress 1998 14
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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