Janella · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 103 recorded years as a table

Janella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1917	5
1920	4
1922	4
1923	5
1926	5
1927	6
1928	5
1929	5
1931	8
1932	5
1933	5
1934	9
1935	10
1936	9
1937	10
1938	14
1939	7
1940	13
1941	10
1942	7
1943	7
1944	6
1945	9
1946	8
1947	10
1948	12
1949	8
1950	8
1951	15
1952	9
1953	12
1954	13
1955	11
1956	10
1957	11
1958	9
1959	10
1960	11
1961	12
1962	6
1963	7
1964	7
1965	5
1966	12
1967	10
1968	15
1969	14
1970	21
1971	35
1972	24
1973	24
1974	31
1975	27
1976	25
1977	21
1978	31
1979	27
1980	25
1981	20
1982	19
1983	12
1984	18
1985	12
1986	10
1987	18
1988	16
1989	10
1990	13
1991	19
1992	13
1993	6
1994	15
1995	6
1996	10
1997	12
1998	5
1999	7
2000	7
2001	7
2002	10
2003	4
2004	10
2005	4
2006	6
2007	6
2008	10
2009	5
2010	12
2011	12
2012	11
2013	15
2014	13
2015	14
2016	14
2017	11
2018	13
2019	19
2020	9
2021	10
2022	9
2023	7
2024	10
2025	7

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Janella isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 11
Rank in 2025: #8,860
How rare: 1 in 146,115 girls
Since 1917: 1,968

Most popular in 1971, at 35 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 51% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.