Jernell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Jernell

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Jernell between 1954 and 1984, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jernell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Jernell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1977.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jernell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jernell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jernell 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 22 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.