Jakel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jakel

The Social Security Administration has registered 320 babies named Jakel between 1994 and 2022, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jakel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jakel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jakel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jakel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jakel 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 320 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.