Girls' name · since 1940
Johnelle
425 babies named Johnelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 425
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Johnelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 425 have been recorded since 1940.
Social Security Administration records show Johnelle recorded 425 times among girls since 1940, 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 1940 to 2017.
- #13,029 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 425 born since 1940
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johnelle ranks #13,029 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 425 born since 1940, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 425
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Johnelle's 425 recorded births place it above 81.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Johnelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Johnelle's SSA record in two at 1986 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 1940, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Johnelle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2017
- Peak year (1972)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Johnelle popularity over time - boys
13 total births recorded since 1981 (Johnelle as boys' name)
Johnelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (100 births, 24% of the file).
1980s was Johnelle's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Johnelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 36
1940s
36 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 39
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 100 births (24% of all-time use).
Johnelle by state
Where Johnelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 2.6% |
11 of 425 births nationwide.
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What to do with Johnelle's data
- Johnelle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Johnelles (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Johnelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1940–2017 (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 Johnelle 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.