Jansel — boys' name
76 babies named Jansel in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
76 boys have been named Jansel since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 76
- total births
- 2007–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Jansel was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Jansel in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jansel
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Jansel between 2007 and 2023, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jansel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jansel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jansel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jansel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jansel 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 76 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.
Jansel at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jansel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2007
- Peak year (2011)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
76 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 15 births in a single year.
Jansel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 51 births that decade — 67% of Jansel's all-time total
Jansel decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jansel's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Jansel by state
Where Jansel concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 7.9% |
6 of 76 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.9% 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, 2007–2023 (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.