Boys' name · since 1919
Jarrel
1,019 babies named Jarrel in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,079 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,019
- born since 1919
- 1980s
- peak decade
1,019 boys have been named Jarrel since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jarrel has 1,019 recorded births among boys since 1919, 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 1919 to 2023.
- #5,079 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,019 born since 1919
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jarrel ranks #5,079 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,019 born since 1919, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,079 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,019
- born since 1919
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jarrel's 1,019 recorded births place it above 88.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Jarrel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jarrel's full recorded timeline at 1983, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jarrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2023
- Peak year (1987)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Jarrel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (332 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Jarrel's strongest decade.
332 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jarrel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 26
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 49
1930s
49 births
- 1940s 54
1940s
54 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s 50
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
332 births
- 1990s
1990s
223 births
- 2000s
2000s
141 births
- 2010s 75
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 332 births (33% of all-time use).
How Jarrel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jarrel's total volume
Jarrel by state
Where Jarrel concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 64 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #3 | California | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
64 of 1,019 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Jarrel's data
- Jarrel's decade-level peak was the 1980s (332 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jarrels (64 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jarrel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1919–2023 (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 Jarrel 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.