Jenelle Girl
How popular is Jenelle?
#6,115 girl name in 2025
19 baby girls were named Jenelle in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name.
Jenelle popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,115 for girls (▲ 524 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 19 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,123 in 2015, #2,890 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1981 (253 girls) |
| Highest rank | #688 in 1981 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jenelle counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jenelle family of names ranked #3,354 for girls in 2025 (#3,302 the year before), with 27 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jenelle | 19 | 70% |
| Jeanelle | 8 | 30% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jenelle is most popular
Babies named Jenelle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (22 girls)
Jenelle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,815 |
| 1920s | 89 | #2,660 |
| 1930s | 127 | #1,684 |
| 1940s | 142 | #1,698 |
| 1950s | 229 | #2,024 |
| 1960s | 426 | #1,370 |
| 1970s | 1,174 | #744 |
| 1980s | 2,106 | #688 |
| 1990s | 1,101 | #1,074 |
| 2000s | 778 | #1,897 |
| 2010s | 825 | #1,646 |
| 2020s | 194 | #2,890 |
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Questions
- Is Jenelle a boy or girl name?
- Jenelle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jenelle were girls.
- How popular is the name Jenelle?
- 19 baby girls were named Jenelle in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name.
- When was Jenelle most popular?
- Jenelle peaked in 1981, when 253 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #688 in 1981.
- How many people are named Jenelle?
- 7,204 babies have been named Jenelle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,729 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Jenelle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jenelle was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.