Jonell
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jonell has been given to 2,676 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1953, with 58 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.
Babies named Jonell, 2016
1 in 734,000
Jonell over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jonell over time
In 2022, Jonell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jonell?
Jonell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2016
- 1 in 734,000
- 5 of 3,669,531 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 354,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2016
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 508,706 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jonell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jonell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jonells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jonell was born before 1955 — so the typical Jonell is around 70 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 18.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 6.3%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,495
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 18.5% of all recorded uses (453).
Is Jonell rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1953 (58)
- Years since peak
- 72
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.5% average annual change
Spellings of Jonell
Jonell is not the most common spelling — Janelle is, with 25.6% against Jonell's 1.1%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Jonell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Jonell was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 136,092 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Kentucky1 in 25,000
- 2Texas1 in 50,000
- 3California1 in 100,000
- 4North Dakota1 in 100,000
- 5Georgia1 in —
- 6Indiana1 in —
- 7Louisiana1 in —
- 8Minnesota1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jonell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Jonell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Jonell was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jonell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Jonell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Jonell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Jonell
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jonell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Jonell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.