Jahquel — boys' name
29 babies named Jahquel in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Jahquel was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Jahquel in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jahquel
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Jahquel between 1997 and 2007, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahquel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahquel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jahquel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jahquel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jahquel 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 29 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.
Jahquel at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jahquel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1997
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
29 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 7 births in a single year.
Jahquel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 59% of Jahquel's all-time total
Jahquel decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jahquel's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Jahquel by state
Where Jahquel concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 17.2% |
5 of 29 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.2% 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, 1997–2007 (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.