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
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,677since 1941
Jerell over time
Rank among boys' names. Jerell has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,533 | 21 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,127 | 24 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,513 | 48 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,817 | 33 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,674 | 34 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,560 | 34 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,782 | 29 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,347 | 35 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,977 | 42 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,452 | 63 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,336 | 71 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,238 | 79 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,228 | 76 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,047 | 89 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,136 | 71 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,067 | 76 |
| 1985 | — | #1,190 | 62 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,596 | 38 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
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| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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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.
Where Jerell 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.
- New York#635 · 1 in 8,646
- Georgia#710 · 1 in 9,339
- Illinois#755 · 1 in 11,921
- Florida#948 · 1 in 16,893
- Texas#1,348 · 1 in 28,822
Best ever in a state: #405 in Maryland, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #635 | 15 | 1 in 8,646 |
| Georgia | #710 | 5 | 1 in 9,339 |
| Illinois | #755 | 7 | 1 in 11,921 |
| Florida | #948 | 5 | 1 in 16,893 |
| Texas | #1,348 | 5 | 1 in 28,822 |
| California | #1,929 | 5 | 1 in 50,448 |
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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 Jerell
- 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)
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1988 at #1,047 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 31.1% of all boys named Jerell (521) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 17 | #3,133 (1941) | #3,265 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,535 (1956) | #3,764 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,627 |
| 1970s | 117 | #2,310 (1979) | #3,305 |
| 1980s | 521 | #1,047 (1988) | #1,522 |
| 1990s | 458 | #1,238 (1990) | #2,067 |
| 2000s | 337 | #2,513 (2006) | #3,105 |
| 2010s | 159 | #4,241 (2010) | #6,014 |
| 2020s | 45 | #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 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 21,509 of them was named Jerell, which outranked 87.7% 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).
- #1,041Kim90
- #1,041Malachi90
- #1,041Trevon90
- #1,047Jerell89
- #1,047Augustine89
- #1,047Aurelio89
- #1,047Daquan89
- #1,058Dallin88
- #1,058Denis88
- #1,058Ibrahim88
Tied with 10 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.