girls:
2.5k births since 1918
#3498 (39th percentile)
boys:
224 births since 1977
#4362 (5th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1918
#5200 (33rd percentile)
The name Jonell is the #5,200 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,676 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 32.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,498 (38.8% percentile) for all time with 2,452 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,362 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 224 births since 1977.
Jonell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Jonell is available in 98 out of the 105 years between 1918 and 2022 (89 years for girls and 32 years for boys). 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.
The name Jonell has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Jonell were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for girls (94.1% girls from 1918 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.3% boys from 2003 to 2022).
For girls, Jonell reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #535) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 47 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
For boys, Jonell reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #770) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jonell".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jonell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.5% confident that Jonell is pronounced as joh-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-nehl, at 35.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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