Boys' name · since 1989
Jaquell
Jaquell has 231 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,119 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 231
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaquell is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 231 have been recorded since 1989.
Jaquell has 231 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2018.
- #12,119 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 231 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaquell ranks #12,119 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 231 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,119 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 231
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaquell's 231 recorded births place it above 73.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Jaquell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaquell splits its recorded history at 2002: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaquell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2018
- Peak year (1995)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jaquell popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1988 (Jaquell as girls' name)
Jaquell by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (102 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Jaquell's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Jaquell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s
2000s
102 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 102 births (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.
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- Jaquell's decade-level peak was the 2000s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jaquells (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaquell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
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, 1989–2018 (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 Jaquell 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.