Girls' name · since 1956
Jaynelle
48 babies named Jaynelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 48
- total births
- 1956–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
Jaynelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 48 have been recorded since 1956.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaynelle has been recorded 48 times among girls since 1956, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2019.
- 48 total births
- 1956–2019 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 25% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jaynelle's 48 recorded births place it above 51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaynelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaynelle splits its recorded history at 1994: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaynelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2019
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Jaynelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jaynelle's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Jaynelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Jaynelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jaynelle: Baby Name Since 1956 - 48 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jaynelle. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaynelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.