girls:
623 births since 1944
#5093 (11th percentile)
overall:
623 births since 1944
#7116 (8th percentile)
The name Janielle is the #7,116 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 623 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,093 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 623 births since 1944.
Janielle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (first recorded for girls in 1944). Birth data for Janielle is available in 48 out of the 80 years between 1944 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Janielle reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #772) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Janielle ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 22.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Janielle".
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Our model has identified 15 different pronunciations for the name Janielle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 18.4% confident that Janielle is pronounced as juh-NEE-ehl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ja-nee-EHL, at 18.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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