girls:
1.2k births since 1948
#4546 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1948
#6569 (15th percentile)
The name Jannelle is the #6,569 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,171 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 15.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,546 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 1,171 births since 1948.
Jannelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (first recorded for girls in 1948). Birth data for Jannelle is available in 70 out of the 76 years between 1948 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, Jannelle reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #738) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jannelle ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 23.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jannelle".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jannelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.7% confident that Jannelle is pronounced as ja-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-NEHL, at 31.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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