Janiel
#3,154 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Janiel has been given to 1,107 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #3,154 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 52 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.
Babies named Janiel, 2025
1 in 87,200
Janiel over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Janiel over time
In 2025, Janiel went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Janiel?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 87,200
- 38 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 44,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,154
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 60,472 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Janiel sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 60,472 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Janiel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Janiels were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Janiel was born before 2013 — so the typical Janiel is around 12 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 48.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 92.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 900
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 48.9% of all recorded uses (440).
Is Janiel rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,330
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +602
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −652
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.76×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 73.1%
- Peak was 2011 (52)
- Years since peak
- 14
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.1% average annual change
Spellings of Janiel
Janiel is not the most common spelling — Daniel is, with 70.4% against Janiel's 0.03%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Janiel is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Janiel was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 97,109 across all states with data. It was least common in Connecticut (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Massachusetts1 in 33,333
- 2Florida1 in 50,000
- 3New Jersey1 in 100,000
- 4New York1 in 100,000
- 5Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
- 6Connecticut1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Janiel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Janiel is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Janiel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,571,207 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Utah1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Janiel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Janiel around the world
Where Janiel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1965–1965#674in 1965
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Janiel by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Janiel
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Janiel
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.