Jannell — girls' name
895 babies named Jannell in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Jannell was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Jannell in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jannell
The Social Security Administration has registered 895 babies named Jannell between 1932 and 2017, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jannell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jannell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jannell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jannell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jannell 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 895 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.
Jannell at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jannell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1932
- Peak year (1980)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
895 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 30 births in a single year.
Jannell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 177 births that decade — 20% of Jannell's all-time total
Jannell decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jannell's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Jannell by state
Where Jannell concentrates geographically — total births since 1932
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 2.6% |
23 of 895 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% 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, 1932–2017 (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.