Jerel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerel

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,603 babies named Jerel between 1937 and 2023, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 166 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 960 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jerel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 180 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerel in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerel 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 3,603 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.