Jerell — #9082 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,671 babies named Jerell between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerell currently holds the #9082 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 89 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 521 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jerell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerell in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerell 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 1,671 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.