Boys' name · since 1977
Jarmell
Jarmell has 18 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jarmell sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 18 recorded since 1977.
Jarmell has 18 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1988.
- #29,713 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jarmell ranks #29,713 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jarmell's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jarmell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jarmell's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jarmell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1988
- Peak year (1981)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jarmell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Jarmell's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jarmell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jarmell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~11 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, 1977–1988 (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 Jarmell 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.