Girls' name · since 1923
Junell
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.
- #14,804 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 343
- born since 1923
- 1930s
- peak decade
Junell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 343 recorded since 1923.
Junell has 343 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1998.
- #14,804 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 343 born since 1923
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Junell ranks #14,804 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 343 born since 1923, peaking in the 1930s.
- #14,804 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 343
- born since 1923
- 1930s
- peak decade
Junell's 343 recorded births place it above 79.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Junell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Junell splits its recorded history at 1952: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Junell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1998
- Peak year (1925)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Junell by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (68 births, 20% of the file).
1930s was Junell's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Junell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
38 births
- 1930s
1930s
68 births
- 1940s
1940s
67 births
- 1950s
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 25
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 68 births (20% of all-time use).
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- Junell's decade-level peak was the 1930s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Junell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1923–1998 (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 Junell 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.