Girls' name · since 1979
Jenielle
47 babies named Jenielle in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 47
- total births
- 1979–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
Jenielle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenielle has been recorded 47 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1989.
- 47 total births
- 1979–1989 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 87% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenielle's 47 recorded births place it above 50% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenielle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenielle's full recorded timeline at 1986, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenielle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1989
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Jenielle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenielle's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Jenielle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 41 births (87% of all-time use).
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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, 1979–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenielle: Baby Name Since 1979 - 47 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenielle. 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 Jenielle 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.