Jeanell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jeanell

The Social Security Administration has registered 874 babies named Jeanell between 1926 and 2006, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeanell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeanell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jeanell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeanell in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeanell 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 874 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.