Jerrell — #4894 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,187 babies named Jerrell between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerrell currently holds the #4894 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 242 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerrell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,639 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jerrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 808 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerrell in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerrell 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 7,187 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.