How rare is the name Jenelle?

6,437 people in the United States have the first name Jenelle, about 1 in 46,921. It ranks #3,306 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JENELLE

#3,306

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,437
About
1 in 46,921
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,437 people named Jenelle, 56.3% reported their origin as White, 20.1% as Black and 14.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jenelle peaked in 1981, when 253 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1981
Births that year
253
In 2025*
19 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,204 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jenelle by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,390. The largest share of babies named Jenelle, 38.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#9,29113
1920s#5,69289
1930s#4,093127
1940s#4,129142
1950s#3,663229
1960s#2,844426
1970s#1,7971,174
1980s#1,3902,106
1990s#2,5221,101
2000s#3,973778
2010s#4,023825
2020s#7,524194
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–453%
Baby boom 1946–646.3%
Generation X 1965–8023.1%
Millennials 1981–9638.1%
Generation Z 1997–1218.3%
2013 and later10%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jenelle is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jenelle has been most common in California (2.9×), New York (2.1×), and Michigan (1.9×), and least common in Indiana (0.6×).

4,081 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jenelle

#3,304 Alysa · 6,451#3,305 Bibi · 6,449#3,307 Agustina · 6,434#3,308 Ryley · 6,431

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jenelle, most common first.

#6,562 Jenell · 2,432#7,992 Jeanelle · 1,844#11,855 Jennell · 1,066#12,059 Jennelle · 1,044#15,735 Jenilee · 727#16,369 Jeanell · 690#17,930 Jenel · 607#23,687 Jenalee · 412

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