Girls' name · since 1954
Jeanel
15 babies named Jeanel in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 15
- total births
- 1954–1981
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
Jeanel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1954.
Social Security Administration records show Jeanel recorded 15 times among girls since 1954, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1981.
- 15 total births
- 1954–1981 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 33% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeanel's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeanel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeanel's full recorded timeline at 1969, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births.
Jeanel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1981
- Peak year (1954)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jeanel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jeanel's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jeanel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jeanel's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- 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, 1954–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeanel: Baby Name Since 1954 - 15 Births, Peak 1954." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeanel. 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 Jeanel 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.