Jahrel — boys' name
74 babies named Jahrel in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Jahrel was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Jahrel in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jahrel
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Jahrel between 1994 and 2012, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahrel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahrel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jahrel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jahrel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jahrel 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 74 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.
Jahrel at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jahrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1994
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
74 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 13 births in a single year.
Jahrel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 48 births that decade — 65% of Jahrel's all-time total
Jahrel decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jahrel's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Jahrel by state
Where Jahrel concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 8.1% |
6 of 74 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.1% 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, 1994–2012 (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.