Girls' name · since 1914
Jeanelle
2,280 babies named Jeanelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,280
- born since 1914
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jeanelle currently ranks #11004 among girls' names in America, with 2,280 babies recorded since 1914.
Social Security Administration records show Jeanelle recorded 2,280 times among girls since 1914, holding rank #11004 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #4,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,004 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,280 born since 1914
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeanelle ranks #4,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,004 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,280 born since 1914, peaking in the 1980s.
- #4,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,280
- born since 1914
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jeanelle's 2,280 recorded births place it above 94.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jeanelle compares
2,280 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jeanelle's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jeanelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,280 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jeanelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeanelle splits its recorded history at 1972: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 49 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeanelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Jeanelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (370 births, 16% of the file).
1980s was Jeanelle's strongest decade.
370 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Jeanelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s 81
1920s
81 births
- 1930s
1930s
152 births
- 1940s
1940s
152 births
- 1950s
1950s
152 births
- 1960s
1960s
201 births
- 1970s
1970s
292 births
- 1980s
1980s
370 births
- 1990s
1990s
295 births
- 2000s
2000s
283 births
- 2010s
2010s
221 births
- 2020s 63
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 370 births (16% of all-time use).
How Jeanelle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jeanelle's total volume
Jeanelle by state
Where Jeanelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 270 | 11.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 68 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 59 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 43 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 23 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.2% |
270 of 2,280 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Jeanelle's data
- Jeanelle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (370 total births); usage has since declined to 63 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jeanelles (270 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jeanelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jeanelle 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 August 2026.