girl's name

Jenell

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 3,073

Jenell is a girl's name. In 2021 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1981, when 92 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1916.

Jenell over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jenell by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 18
1920s 104
1930s 187
1940s 239
1950s 297
1960s 378
1970s 578
1980s 683
1990s 302
2000s 173
2010s 98
2020s (to 2021) 5

How popular is Jenell?

In 2021, Jenell was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jenell is used

Canada #2,576 5 in 1994
England & Wales #7,322 3 in 2013
United States #17,210 5 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jenell

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jenell also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jenell over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jenell

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jenell — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jenell

How popular is the name Jenell?

In 2021, Jenell was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Jenell a girl's or a boy's name?

Jenell is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Jenell most popular?

Jenell peaked in 1981, when 92 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.