Jarel — #11044 US boys' name
1,150 babies named Jarel in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Jarel was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Jarel in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarel
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,150 babies named Jarel between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jarel currently holds the #11044 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jarel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jarel in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarel 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 1,150 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.
Jarel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jarel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1925
- Peak year (1990)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #11044 among boys.
1,150 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 41 births in a single year.
Jarel popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2009 (Jarel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jarel accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jarel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 328 births that decade — 29% of Jarel's all-time total
Jarel decade highlights
- Peak decade 328 births
- Runner-up 317 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jarel's strongest decade
328 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Jarel by state
Where Jarel concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 66 | 5.7% |
| #2 | California | | 40 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
66 of 1,150 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- California 3.5% of nationwide
- Texas 0.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.7% 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, 1925–2024 (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.