Junell — girls' name
343 babies named Junell in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Junell was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Junell in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Junell
The Social Security Administration has registered 343 babies named Junell between 1923 and 1998, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Junell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Junell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Junell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Junell 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 343 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.
Junell at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Junell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1923
- Peak year (1925)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
343 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 16 births in a single year.
Junell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 68 births that decade — 20% of Junell's all-time total
Junell decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Junell's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.