Jemell — boys' name
149 babies named Jemell in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
149 boys have been named Jemell since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2008.
- 149
- total births
- 1973–2008
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Jemell was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Jemell in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jemell
The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Jemell between 1973 and 2008, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jemell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jemell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jemell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jemell 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 149 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.
Jemell at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jemell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1973
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
149 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 10 births in a single year.
Jemell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 65 births that decade — 44% of Jemell's all-time total
Jemell decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jemell's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–2008 (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.