Jl — boys' name
32 babies named Jl in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
32 boys have been named Jl since 1919, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1994.
- 32
- total births
- 1919–1994
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Jl was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jl in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jl
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Jl between 1919 and 1994, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jl performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jl 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 32 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.
Jl at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1919
- Peak year (1989)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
32 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 6 births in a single year.
Jl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 34% of Jl's all-time total
Jl decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jl's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1919–1994 (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.