Jenell
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,062since 1916
Jenell over time
Rank among girls' names. Jenell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 |
| 1987 | #1,720 | 70 |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 |
| 1985 | #1,833 | 61 |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 |
| 1983 | #1,522 | 74 |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 |
| 1981 | #1,354 | 92 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 |
| 1979 | #1,517 | 77 |
| 1978 | #1,633 | 65 |
| 1977 | #1,621 | 65 |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 |
| 1973 | #1,418 | 69 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 |
| 1971 | #1,686 | 54 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 |
| 1939 | #1,378 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Jenell! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenell is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#890 · 1 in 11,493
- Michigan#972 · 1 in 12,054
- New York#1,025 · 1 in 9,986
- Florida#1,048 · 1 in 10,322
- Ohio#1,061 · 1 in 14,662
Best ever in a state: #408 in Mississippi, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #890 | 6 | 1 in 11,493 |
| Michigan | #972 | 5 | 1 in 12,054 |
| New York | #1,025 | 10 | 1 in 9,986 |
| Florida | #1,048 | 5 | 1 in 10,322 |
| Ohio | #1,061 | 5 | 1 in 14,662 |
| California | #1,190 | 14 | 1 in 12,407 |
| Illinois | #1,316 | 5 | 1 in 15,459 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jenell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1938 at #1,343 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 61 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,131 girls born in 1981 were named Jenell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,343 in 1938, was only 1 in 36,782 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.3% of all girls named Jenell (683) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #3,817 (1919) | #4,175 |
| 1920s | 104 | #1,825 (1929) | #3,175 |
| 1930s | 187 | #1,343 (1938) | #1,972 |
| 1940s | 239 | #1,439 (1946) | #1,822 |
| 1950s | 297 | #1,662 (1956) | #1,933 |
| 1960s | 378 | #1,647 (1968) | #1,929 |
| 1970s | 578 | #1,418 (1973) | #1,698 |
| 1980s | 683 | #1,354 (1981) | #1,783 |
| 1990s | 302 | #2,523 (1990) | #3,947 |
| 2000s | 173 | #6,055 (2003) | #6,818 |
| 2010s | 98 | #6,110 (2012) | #10,703 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jenell in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 18,448 of them was named Jenell, which outranked 88.7% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,373Lashaunda91
- #1,373Margot91
- #1,373Sacha91
- #1,380Jenell90
- #1,380Deandra90
- #1,380Denisha90
- #1,380Devan90
- #1,396Adele89
- #1,396Angella89
- #1,396Carmelita89
Tied with 15 names at #1,380; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.