Girls' name · since 1930
Jelene
Jelene has 62 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 62
- total births
- 1930–2005
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Jelene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 62 have been recorded since 1930.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelene has been recorded 62 times among girls since 1930, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2005.
- 62 total births
- 1930–2005 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jelene's 62 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jelene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jelene's full recorded timeline at 1970, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jelene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2005
- Peak year (1971)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Jelene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Jelene's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jelene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 24 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jelene's data
- Jelene's decade-level peak was the 1970s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1930–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jelene: Baby Name Since 1930 - 62 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jelene. 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 Jelene 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.