girls:
806 births since 1980
#4910 (14th percentile)
overall:
806 births since 1980
#6933 (10th percentile)
The name Jenilee is the #6,933 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 806 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 10.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,910 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 806 births since 1980.
Jenilee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (first recorded for girls in 1980). Birth data for Jenilee is available in 28 out of the 33 years between 1980 and 2012. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Jenilee reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 23.2% percentile (ranked #609) with 106 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 106 births per million (ranked 23.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jenilee".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Jenilee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.6% confident that Jenilee is pronounced as JEH-nuh-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEH-nih-lee, at 18.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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