Boys' name · since 1943
Jerriel
Jerriel has 39 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 39
- total births
- 1943–2017
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Jerriel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 39 recorded since 1943.
Social Security Administration records show Jerriel recorded 39 times among boys since 1943, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2017.
- 39 total births
- 1943–2017 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerriel's 39 recorded births place it above 47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerriel splits its recorded history at 1983: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jerriel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2017
- Peak year (1984)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Jerriel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jerriel's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Jerriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 24 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Jerriel's decade-level peak was the 1980s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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, 1943–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerriel: Baby Name Since 1943 - 39 Births, Peak 1984." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerriel. 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 Jerriel 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.