Jaquel — #12819 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jaquel

The Social Security Administration has registered 405 babies named Jaquel between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaquel currently holds the #12819 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Jaquel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 123 additional births since 1970.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaquel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jaquel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaquel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaquel 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 405 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.