Boys' name · since 2016
Jenil
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Jenil, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,375 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
28 babies have been named Jenil since 2016, making it today's #13269 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenil has been recorded 28 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #13269 nationally and more common than 5% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #26,375 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,269 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 28 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenil ranks #26,375 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,269 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 28 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,375 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jenil's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jenil compares
28 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jenil's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jenil | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jenil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenil's full recorded timeline at 2018, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jenil by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 82% of the file).
2010s was Jenil's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Jenil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (82% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jenil's data
- Jenil's decade-level peak was the 2010s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jenil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jenil 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 August 2026.