Unisex name · since 2007
Jayel
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Jayel, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 87
- total births
- 2007–2020
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
Jayel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 87 recorded since 2007.
Jayel has 87 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2020.
- 87 total births
- 2007–2020 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 56% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jayel's 87 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jayel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jayel's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jayel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2020
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Jayel popularity over time - boys
86 total births recorded since 2007 (Jayel as boys' name)
Jayel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jayel's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jayel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Jayel's decade-level peak was the 2010s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2007–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jayel: Baby Name Since 2007 - 87 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jayel. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jayel 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 July 2026.