Jeneal — girls' name
71 babies named Jeneal in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
71 girls have been named Jeneal since 1934, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1985.
- 71
- total births
- 1934–1985
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Jeneal was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Jeneal in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeneal
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Jeneal between 1934 and 1985, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeneal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeneal performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jeneal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeneal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeneal 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 71 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.
Jeneal at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeneal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1934
- Peak year (1948)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
71 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 11 births in a single year.
Jeneal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 26 births that decade — 37% of Jeneal's all-time total
Jeneal decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Jeneal's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Jeneal by state
Where Jeneal concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 6 | 8.5% |
6 of 71 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 8.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.