Unisex name · since 2001
Jaiel
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 147 babies named Jaiel, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,623 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jaiel currently ranks #8623 among unisex names in America, with 147 babies recorded since 2001.
Jaiel has 147 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8623 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #14,875 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,623 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 147 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaiel ranks #14,875 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,623 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 147 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,623 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jaiel's 147 recorded births place it above 67.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jaiel compares
147 32nd 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
Jaiel's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaiel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 147 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jaiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jaiel's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jaiel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jaiel popularity over time - girls
71 total births recorded since 2007 (Jaiel as girls' name)
Jaiel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (60 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Jaiel's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jaiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 60 births (41% of all-time use).
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Jaiel 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.