How popular is the name Jenelle?

Jenelle ranks 1,126th among girls' names in US records, with 14,567 births since 1904. Over the past decade it accounts for 670.

Is Jenelle a unisex name?

No. Jenelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1981, when 441 children were given the name. It has been in use for 121 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Jenell, Genelle, Genell, Jennelle, Genel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,126 of girl names

Pronounced JH EH1 N EH1 L (ARPABET)

Jenelle is a girls' name, and first appears in 1904. It has been given to 14,567 children — the 1,126th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 48% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1981, when 441 children were given it.

Five other spellings are counted in that total — Jenell, Genelle, Genell and two more — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Jenelle and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jenelle?: Jenelle ranks 1,126th among girls' names in US records, with 14,567 births since 1904. Over the past decade it accounts for 670.
Is Jenelle a unisex name?: No. Jenelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jenelle most popular?: 1981, when 441 children were given the name. It has been in use for 121 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Jenelle spelled?: Jenell, Genelle, Genell, Jennelle, Genel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.