Fewer than five US girls were named Jonell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #970, reached in 1937. The most girls given the name in a single year was 58, in 1953. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,695 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jonell in 98 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1918 with 8 babies. In all, 2,676 US babies have been given the name, 92% of them girls and 8.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 453 babies named Jonell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5 US girls were named Jonell; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Jonelle (3,260 babies since 1880) and Jonael (649 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Joniel, Juanell and Johnel are summarised on this page.