Jenell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jenell

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,062 babies named Jenell between 1916 and 2021, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 92 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 683 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jenell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 264 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenell in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jenell 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 3,062 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.