Boys' name · since 1979
Jurell
139 babies named Jurell in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,265 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 139
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jurell is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 139 have been recorded since 1979.
Jurell has 139 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2012.
- #15,265 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 139 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jurell ranks #15,265 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 139 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,265 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 139
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jurell's 139 recorded births place it above 66.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jurell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jurell's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jurell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2012
- Peak year (1986)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Jurell popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1918 (Jurell as girls' name)
Jurell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (51 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Jurell's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jurell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 51 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Jurell's decade-level peak was the 1980s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jurell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1979–2012 (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 Jurell 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.