Girls' name · since 1975
Jeneil
17 babies named Jeneil in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 17
- total births
- 1975–1983
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
17 girls have been named Jeneil since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jeneil has 17 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1983.
- 17 total births
- 1975–1983 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeneil's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeneil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jeneil's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jeneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1983
- Peak year (1976)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Jeneil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Jeneil's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Jeneil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Jeneil's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- 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, 1975–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeneil: Baby Name Since 1975 - 17 Births, Peak 1976." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeneil. 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 Jeneil 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.