Girls' name · since 1946
Jyl
389 babies named Jyl in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 389
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jyl sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 389 recorded since 1946.
Jyl has 389 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1991.
- #13,746 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 389 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jyl ranks #13,746 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 389 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 389
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jyl's 389 recorded births place it above 80.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Jyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jyl's full recorded timeline at 1969, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1954 peak of 80 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1991
- Peak year (1954)
- 80
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jyl by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (137 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Jyl's strongest decade.
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
137 births
- 1960s
1960s
96 births
- 1970s
1970s
100 births
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 137 births (35% of all-time use).
Jyl by state
Where Jyl concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 7 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Iowa | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
7 of 389 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Jyl's data
- Jyl's decade-level peak was the 1950s (137 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Jyls (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan 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 Jyl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1946–1991 (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 Jyl 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.