Jaquell — boys' name
231 babies named Jaquell in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
231 boys have been named Jaquell since 1989, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 231
- total births
- 1989–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Jaquell was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jaquell in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaquell
The Social Security Administration has registered 231 babies named Jaquell between 1989 and 2018, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaquell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaquell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaquell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jaquell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaquell 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 231 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.
Jaquell at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaquell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1989
- Peak year (1995)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
231 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 17 births in a single year.
Jaquell popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1988 (Jaquell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jaquell accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaquell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 102 births that decade — 44% of Jaquell's all-time total
Jaquell decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaquell's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Jaquell by state
Where Jaquell concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 231 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% 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, 1989–2018 (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.