Jenelle

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jenelle: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jenelle: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,499 in 2021, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2499highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1999	#3900
2005	#4798
2007	#2627
2008	#4524
2009	#3031
2010	#3156
2011	#2893
2012	#4171
2013	#2887
2014	#2862
2016	#2547
2017	#5765
2018	#2674
2019	#5591
2020	#3447
2021	#2499
2022	#3533
2023	#4056
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2499 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jenelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jenelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	61	9 of 10	7
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jenelle appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2499 in England and Wales in 2021.

Jenelle's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,499, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jena · #271, 30y
Jenaya · #3218, 11y
Jenifer · #315, 44y
Jenika · #2350, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Estee · #2499, 18y
Evelynne · #2499, 18y
Iniya · #2499, 15y
Lou · #2499, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Estee · #2499, 18y
Evelynne · #2499, 18y
Lou · #2499, 16y
True · #2499, 8y

Jenelle and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jenelle without appearing here.

Jenelle moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Jenelle

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.
Noah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Jenelle

Marilyn Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenelle went from #2627 to #3695 while Marilyn went from #4294 to #1541.

Moved the same way as Jenelle

Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenelle went from #2738 to #4056 and Kristin from #1176 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenelle went from #2738 to #4056 and Therese from #3174 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenelle went from #2738 to #4056 and Tracey from #1450 to #5687.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2499 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jenelle

Jenelle at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jenelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jenelle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Jenelle and the names beside it

Jenelle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jenelle

Moved the opposite way to Jenelle

Moved the same way as Jenelle

Jenelle at a glance

Jenelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jenelle appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Jenelle and the names beside it

Jenelle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jenelle

Moved the opposite way to Jenelle

Moved the same way as Jenelle