Jerel

Where Jerel comes from

Jerel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,518 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Peak, #731
    88 babies named Jerel — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1953
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,261.
  4. 1981
    Jerel Blassingame born
    American basketball player
  5. 1987
    Jerel McNeal born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jerel Blassingame · American basketball player, born 1981
  • Jerel McNeal · American basketball player, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.