Jonell
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Given to girls 91.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 52 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,452since 1918
Jonell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,867 | 40 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,334 | 57 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,265 | 52 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,337 | 47 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,131 | 48 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 | — | |
| 1937 | #964 | 52 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,124 | 40 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,176 | 37 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five girls were named Jonell! It came in at #3,512, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jonell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jonell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jonell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1937
- Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1938
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1937 at #964 (52 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1937
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,462
- Highest: 1 in 20,462 girls born in 1937 were named Jonell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 18.5% of all girls named Jonell (453) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
- Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #3,512 (1918) | #3,665 |
| 1920s | 165 | #1,339 (1929) | #2,438 |
| 1930s | 369 | #964 (1937) | #1,208 |
| 1940s | 408 | #1,062 (1940) | #1,332 |
| 1950s | 453 | #1,276 (1953) | #1,523 |
| 1960s | 324 | #1,766 (1966) | #2,125 |
| 1970s | 291 | #2,171 (1973) | #2,657 |
| 1980s | 238 | #2,749 (1980) | #3,790 |
| 1990s | 144 | #4,846 (1995) | #6,748 |
| 2000s | 35 | #9,163 (2000) | #13,517 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,490 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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