Jerel
Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 88 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,612since 1937
Jerel over time
Rank among boys' names. Jerel has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,390 | 22 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,219 | 26 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,347 | 38 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,312 | 38 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,096 | 42 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,705 | 55 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,527 | 62 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,303 | 80 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,185 | 89 | |
| 1992 | — | #956 | 126 | |
| 1991 | — | #945 | 126 | |
| 1990 | — | #859 | 141 | |
| 1989 | — | #770 | 166 | |
| 1988 | — | #736 | 165 | |
| 1987 | — | #752 | 147 | |
| 1986 | — | #816 | 123 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,147 | 66 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,251 | 54 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,130 | 63 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,140 | 64 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,207 | 57 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,238 | 55 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,255 | 54 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,438 | 42 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,127 | 59 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,029 | 64 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1973 | — | #978 | 68 | |
| 1972 | — | #952 | 72 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,034 | 62 | |
| 1970 | — | #835 | 93 | |
| 1969 | — | #951 | 65 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,047 | 50 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,887 | 18 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,676 | 22 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,261 | 35 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,013 | 50 | |
| 1951 | — | #824 | 73 | |
| 1950 | — | #731 | 88 | |
| 1949 | — | #738 | 87 | |
| 1948 | — | #945 | 54 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,064 | 46 |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jerel! It came in at #3,518, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jerel is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#380 · 1 in 4,013
- New York#458 · 1 in 4,803
- South Carolina#460 · 1 in 4,495
- North Carolina#528 · 1 in 6,216
- Illinois#586 · 1 in 7,586
Best ever in a state: #195 in North Dakota, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #380 | 10 | 1 in 4,013 |
| New York | #458 | 27 | 1 in 4,803 |
| South Carolina | #460 | 5 | 1 in 4,495 |
| North Carolina | #528 | 7 | 1 in 6,216 |
| Illinois | #586 | 11 | 1 in 7,586 |
| Pennsylvania | #612 | 7 | 1 in 11,303 |
| New Jersey | #648 | 5 | 1 in 10,290 |
| Florida | #650 | 10 | 1 in 8,447 |
| Georgia | #710 | 5 | 1 in 9,339 |
| Michigan | #712 | 5 | 1 in 12,933 |
| Ohio | #737 | 5 | 1 in 15,383 |
| Texas | #814 | 12 | 1 in 12,009 |
| California | #1,077 | 12 | 1 in 21,020 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jerel
- 1,209 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #8,243)
- 3,698 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 331 spots in 1986 (#1,147 → #816)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1993 (#956 → #1,185)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1950 at #731 (88 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1986–1992
- Highest: 1 in 11,602 boys born in 1988 were named Jerel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #731 in 1950, was only 1 in 20,344 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.6% of all boys named Jerel (960) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,518 (1937) | #3,518 |
| 1940s | 216 | #738 (1949) | #2,086 |
| 1950s | 355 | #731 (1950) | #1,562 |
| 1960s | 212 | #951 (1969) | #2,232 |
| 1970s | 615 | #835 (1970) | #1,120 |
| 1980s | 960 | #736 (1988) | #1,019 |
| 1990s | 797 | #859 (1990) | #1,524 |
| 2000s | 218 | #2,864 (2001) | #4,226 |
| 2010s | 183 | #4,138 (2014) | #5,182 |
| 2020s | 51 | #6,335 (2021) | #7,727 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jerel in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 11,602 of them was named Jerel, which outranked 91.3% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).