Jennel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jennel

The Social Security Administration has registered 271 babies named Jennel between 1959 and 2013, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jennel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jennel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jennel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 271 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.