Jahel — #5372 US boys' name
273 babies named Jahel in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Jahel was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Jahel in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jahel
The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Jahel between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahel currently holds the #5372 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jahel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jahel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jahel 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 273 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.
Jahel at a glance
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Current rank
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Jahel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2023)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #5372 among boys.
273 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 26 births in a single year.
Jahel popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2003 (Jahel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jahel accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jahel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 110 births that decade — 40% of Jahel's all-time total
Jahel decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jahel's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Jahel by state
Where Jahel concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.2% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
6 of 273 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- California 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.