Recorded 1917–2025 · United States
Jenelle was most popular in 1981, when 253 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,200 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,204 people named Jenelle.
Jenelle first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 107 of the 109 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,204 American births named Jenelle between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,718 are estimated to be alive today.
19 American babies were named Jenelle in 2025, ranking #10,631 that year.
Jenelle is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 28 births a year, against 101 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -73% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jenelle is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 7,204 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,718 Americans named Jenelle are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 39 years old, and half are between 25 and 47.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org