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Jenil

JEN-il /dʒənˈil/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#12,008 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#8,154 in 2018
First recorded
2016

Meaning of Jenil

Jenil, pronounced JEN-il, springs from lively Gujarati roots and means “victorious,” a perfect banner for a little boy who will charge into life like a tiny conquistador of dreams. In the United States, only a sprinkling of families—nine in 2018—have chosen it, so the name glints like a rare star in the night sky. Its two crisp syllables dance off the tongue as smoothly as a quick salsa step, making it easy to call out on playgrounds yet striking enough to stand tall in boardrooms. Listeners often imagine a spirited child who meets challenges with a grin, creativity flickering around him like fiesta lights. Blending familiar “J” warmth with an adventurous twist, Jenil offers parents a fresh, optimistic choice wrapped in a promise of quiet triumph.

How to pronounce Jenil

Popularity of Jenil in the U.S.

Jenil was the #12,008 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 5 babies. It peaked at #8,154 in 2018. It first appears in the records in 2016.

Bar and line chart: Jenil in the U.S., 2016–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 9 in 2018 and 5 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #8,154 in 2018, #12,008 in 2025.
  • Boys named Jenil (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2016–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2016⁠–⁠2025 4 rows
Jenil: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025512,008back (not recorded in 2019–2024)
201898,154▲ 2,621
2017610,775▼ 1,959
201688,816new