Berel — #7830 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Berel

The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Berel between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Berel currently holds the #7830 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Berel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Berel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 181 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.