Girls' name · since 1959
Jennel
271 babies named Jennel in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1959
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jennel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 271 have been recorded since 1959.
Jennel has 271 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2013.
- #16,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 271 born since 1959
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennel ranks #16,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1959, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1959
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jennel's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jennel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennel splits its recorded history at 1984: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2013
- Peak year (1980)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Jennel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (107 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Jennel's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jennel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
72 births
- 1980s
1980s
107 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 107 births (39% of all-time use).
Jennel by state
Where Jennel concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Jennel's decade-level peak was the 1980s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jennels (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jennel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1959–2013 (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 Jennel 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.