How Many People Are Named Jenelle?
people named Jenelle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 51,066 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,204 babies named Jenelle in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
253 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of JEN and the popular name suffix elle.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jenelle in English. Counting Jenelle and these spellings together, about 71,117 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jenelle in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jenelle alive today is about 36 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jenelle first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1981, to 253 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jenelle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #688, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #6,210.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,210 |
| Best rank | #688 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #798 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jenelle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jenelle were born in California than in any other state: about 1,151 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jenelle was given 2.3 times as often in New York, 2.2 times in California and 1.9 times in Michigan.
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