Jenell
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NEL
- Origin
- Modern
Jenell is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jenell come from?
Modern: modern invented name, a variant of Jenelle
Is Jenell a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenell is a girls' name.
How popular is Jenell in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Jenell in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 70 | #1,719 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,837 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 74 | #1,522 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,531 |
| 1981 | 92 | #1,354 |
| 1980 | 90 | #1,380 |
| 1979 | 77 | #1,517 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,633 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,621 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,585 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 69 | #1,418 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,749 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,686 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,904 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,848 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,766 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,110 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,825 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,950 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,956 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,763 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,438 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,378 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Jenell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jolene, Julie, Jamie, Rachel, Jennifer, Jacqueline, Michelle, Janelle, April, Amy, Jenny, Holly
Names related to Jenell
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jenell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenell, updated 20 October 2026.