Juel — #3783 US boys' name
1,052 babies named Juel in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Juel was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Juel in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Juel
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,052 babies named Juel between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Juel currently holds the #3783 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 40 babies received it in a single year. Juel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 653 additional births since 1893.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Juel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 324 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Juel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Juel in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Juel 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 1,052 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.
Juel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Juel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (2006)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #3783 among boys.
1,052 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 40 births in a single year.
Juel popularity over time — girls
653 total births recorded since 1893 (Juel as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Juel accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Juel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 324 births that decade — 31% of Juel's all-time total
Juel decade highlights
- Peak decade 324 births
- Runner-up 199 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Juel's strongest decade
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Juel by state
Where Juel concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 24 | 2.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 15 | 1.4% |
| #3 | California | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.5% |
24 of 1,052 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
- California 1.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–2024 (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.