Girls' name · since 1989
Jhanel
10 babies named Jhanel in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1989–2020
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Jhanel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Jhanel recorded 10 times among girls since 1989, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2020.
- 10 total births
- 1989–2020 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jhanel's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jhanel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jhanel's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded.
Jhanel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2020
- Peak year (1989)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jhanel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jhanel's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jhanel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jhanel's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1989–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jhanel: Baby Name Since 1989 - 10 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jhanel. 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 Jhanel 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.