Boys' name · since 2008
Jowel
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Jowel, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jowel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 84 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jowel has been recorded 84 times among boys since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2018.
- #18,558 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 84 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jowel ranks #18,558 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jowel's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jowel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jowel's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jowel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2018
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Jowel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 77% of the file).
2010s was Jowel's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Jowel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jowel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2008–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jowel 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 August 2026.