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

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Peak · boys
1950 · 88 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,612
since 1937

Jerel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jerel has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #731, 1950boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#8,2439
2024——
2023—#9,7637
2022—#7,26211
2021—#6,33513
2020—#7,03411
2019—#6,10414
2018—#7,61710
2017—#5,11118
2016—#5,55516
2015—#4,54521
2014—#4,13824
2013—#4,80419
2012—#4,39022
2011—#4,50921
2010—#5,04718
2009—#4,27823
2008—#4,54021
2007—#5,21017
2006—#4,37021
2005—#4,82417
2004—#5,49214
2003—#4,27619
2002—#3,18828
2001—#2,86432
2000—#3,21926
1999—#2,34738
1998—#2,31238
1997—#2,09642
1996—#1,70555
1995—#1,52762
1994—#1,30380
1993—#1,18589
1992—#956126
1991—#945126
1990—#859141
1989—#770166
1988—#736165
1987—#752147
1986—#816123
1985—#1,14766
1984—#1,25154
1983—#1,13063
1982—#1,14064
1981—#1,20757
1980—#1,23855
1979—#1,25554
1978—#1,43842
1977—#1,12759
1976—#1,54135
1975—#1,02964
1974—#1,00766
1973—#97868
1972—#95272
1971—#1,03462
1970—#83593
1969—#95165
1968—#1,04750
1967—#1,36431
1966—#1,65022
1965—#3,9305
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1963—#3,3187
1962—#2,50411
1961—#2,9009
1960—#2,42312
1959—#2,66310
1958—#2,37012
1957—#1,88718
1956—#1,67622
1955—#1,72520
1954—#1,46627
1953—#1,26135
1952—#1,01350
1951—#82473
1950—#73188
1949—#73887
1948—#94554
1947#5,2955#1,06446
1946—#2,14312
1945—#2,9966
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1941—#3,5055
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First appearance
1937

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #925 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,870 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #796 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,202 boysMINew York: #744 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 9,917 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedINOhio: #652 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,401 boysOHPennsylvania: #788 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,456 boysPANew Jersey: #594 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,824 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #453 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,818 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #369 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,394 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #294 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,327 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #704 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,360 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jerel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,409 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,647 boysTXFlorida: #1,050 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,342 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#294 · 1 in 1,327
  2. North Carolina#369 · 1 in 3,394
  3. Virginia#453 · 1 in 4,818
  4. New Jersey#594 · 1 in 7,824
  5. Ohio#652 · 1 in 11,401

Best ever in a state: #195 in North Dakota, 1951.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#29471 in 1,327
North Carolina#369141 in 3,394
Virginia#45391 in 4,818
New Jersey#59471 in 7,824
Ohio#65271 in 11,401
Georgia#70461 in 8,360
New York#744141 in 9,917
Pennsylvania#78851 in 16,456
Michigan#79651 in 14,202
Illinois#92561 in 14,870
Florida#1,05051 in 18,342
Texas#1,40951 in 30,647
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1950 at #731 (88 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1986–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,602
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Jerel (960) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#3,518 (1937)#3,518
1940s216#738 (1949)#2,086
1950s355#731 (1950)#1,562
1960s212#951 (1969)#2,232
1970s615#835 (1970)#1,120
1980s960#736 (1988)#1,019
1990s797#859 (1990)#1,524
2000s218#2,864 (2001)#4,226
2010s183#4,138 (2014)#5,182
2020s51#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 1990

boys
#859
141 births · 1 in 14,568 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #859Jerel141
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 14,568 of them was named Jerel, which outranked 91.0% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerel
  1. #855Lincoln143
  2. #857Bennie142
  3. #857Ken142
  4. #859Jerel141
  5. #859Ari141
  6. #859Carey141
  7. #859Darion141
  8. #864Deron140
  9. #864Greggory140
  10. #864Ibrahim140

Tied with 4 names at #859; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →