Tarrel — boys' name
49 babies named Tarrel in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Tarrel was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Tarrel in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tarrel
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Tarrel between 1984 and 2014, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tarrel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarrel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tarrel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tarrel 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 49 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.
Tarrel at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tarrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1984
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
49 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 7 births in a single year.
Tarrel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 27 births that decade — 55% of Tarrel's all-time total
Tarrel decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tarrel's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1984–2014 (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.