Boys' name · since 2011

Jahriel

Jahriel has 30 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#25,831 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,750 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
30
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Jahriel is the #8750 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 30 recorded since 2011.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahriel has been recorded 30 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #8750 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.

  • #25,831 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #8,750 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 30 born since 2011
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahriel ranks #25,831 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,750 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 30 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.

#25,831 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,750 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
30
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%37.1%
Jahriel vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jahriel's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Jahriel compares

30 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Jahriel's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jahriel Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 30 369 358,536
Peak-year births 9 34 22,252

Jahriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Jahriel splits its recorded history at 2016: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Jahriel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
9
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
45678910 20112015201620202025 9

Jahriel by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 53% of the file).

2010s was Jahriel's strongest decade.

16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.

Jahriel births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (53% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jahriel?
30 babies have been named Jahriel since 2011. All-time, it sits at #25,831 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,750 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 9 births.
Where does Jahriel sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahriel ranks #25,831 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,750 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jahriel most popular?
Jahriel was most popular in the 2010s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Jahriel been used?
The SSA has tracked Jahriel since 2011 -- 15 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jahriel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaheim, Jahmir, Jahir, Jahlil, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Jahriel's data

  • Jahriel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jahriel

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jahriel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jahriel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.