Jaynell — girls' name
130 babies named Jaynell in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
130 girls have been named Jaynell since 1934, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 130
- total births
- 1934–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 28%
- born in that decade
28% of everyone ever named Jaynell was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Jaynell in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaynell
The Social Security Administration has registered 130 babies named Jaynell between 1934 and 2009, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaynell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaynell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jaynell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaynell 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 130 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.
Jaynell at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaynell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1934
- Peak year (1970)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
130 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 10 births in a single year.
Jaynell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 37 births that decade — 28% of Jaynell's all-time total
Jaynell decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jaynell's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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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, 1934–2009 (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.