Girls' name · since 1943
Jenella
55 babies named Jenella in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 55
- total births
- 1943–2015
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
Jenella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 1943.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenella has been recorded 55 times among girls since 1943, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2015.
- 55 total births
- 1943–2015 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 31% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenella's 55 recorded births place it above 53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenella splits its recorded history at 1970: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2015
- Peak year (1951)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Jenella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jenella's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jenella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 17 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Jenella's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2010s (12) -- 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, 1943–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenella: Baby Name Since 1943 - 55 Births, Peak 1951." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenella. 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 Jenella 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.