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.
- 28
- total births
- 2016–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 82%
- born in that decade
Jenil sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 28 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenil has been recorded 28 times among boys since 2016, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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.
- 28 total births
- 2016–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 82% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenil's 28 recorded births place it above 42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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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- 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.
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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, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenil: Baby Name Since 2016 - 28 Births, Peak 2018." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenil. 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 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 July 2026.