Janeil — unisex name
216 babies named Janeil in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
216 girls have been named Janeil since 1938, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 2004.
- 216
- total births
- 1938–2004
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 24%
- born in that decade
24% of everyone ever named Janeil was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Janeil in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janeil
The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Janeil between 1938 and 2004, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janeil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Janeil is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 2002.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janeil performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Janeil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janeil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janeil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 216 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Janeil at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janeil popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1938
- Peak year (1958)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
216 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 13 births in a single year.
Janeil popularity over time — boys
23 total births recorded since 2002 (Janeil as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Janeil accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Janeil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 52 births that decade — 24% of Janeil's all-time total
Janeil decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Janeil's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Janeil by state
Where Janeil concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 216 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1938–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.