Jerell

Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1988 · 89 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,677
since 1941

Jerell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jerell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #1,047, 1988boys
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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#10,6956
2024#8,9878
2023#10,8216
2022#6,82812
2021#8,8258
2020#12,0225
2019#9,7567
2018#5,77015
2017#9,6967
2016#4,77620
2015#5,50716
2014#5,25217
2013#5,40416
2012#4,53321
2011#5,20017
2010#4,24123
2009#4,42922
2008#3,10337
2007#4,12724
2006#2,51348
2005#3,09133
2004#2,95334
2003#2,72936
2002#2,81733
2001#2,61836
2000#2,67434
1999#2,56034
1998#2,78229
1997#2,34735
1996#2,91125
1995#2,10239
1994#1,97742
1993#1,96941
1992#1,45263
1991#1,33671
1990#1,23879
1989#1,22876
1988#1,04789
1987#1,13671
1986#10,9125#1,06776
1985#1,19062
1984#1,88529
1983#1,74832
1982#1,59638
1981#2,03826
1980#2,28422
1979#2,31021
1978#2,66916
1977#2,55617
1976#4,0128
1975#4,3097
1974#2,79913
1973#2,85712
1972#3,3449
1971#4,9075
1970#3,2829
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five boys were named Jerell! It came in at #3,133, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1942, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jerell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,708 spots since 2024 (#8,987#10,695)
  • 1,327 spots since 2020 (#12,022#10,695)
  • 5,188 spots since 2015 (#5,507#10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1988 at #1,047 (89 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,509
  • Highest: 1 in 21,509 boys born in 1988 were named Jerell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 31.1% of all boys named Jerell (521) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s17#3,133 (1941)#3,265
1950s11#3,535 (1956)#3,764
1960s12#3,601 (1964)#3,627
1970s117#2,310 (1979)#3,305
1980s521#1,047 (1988)#1,522
1990s458#1,238 (1990)#2,067
2000s337#2,513 (2006)#3,105
2010s159#4,241 (2010)#6,014
2020s45#6,828 (2022)#9,696

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.

Jerell in 1987

boys
#1,136
71 births · 1 in 26,296 boys

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #1,136Jerell71
More about 1987

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 26,296 of them was named Jerell, which outranked 86.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerell
  1. #1,133Anson72
  2. #1,133Garland72
  3. #1,133Shmuel72
  4. #1,136Jerell71
  5. #1,136Norris71
  6. #1,136Samantha71
  7. #1,136Sedrick71
  8. #1,140Alfonzo70
  9. #1,140Britt70
  10. #1,140Dajuan70

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987