Jerel
Recorded 1937–2025 · United States
Jerel was most popular in 1989, when 166 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,768 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,617 people named Jerel.
Jerel over time
How old is the name Jerel?
Jerel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1937, which makes it about 88 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 82 of the 89 years since.
How many people are named Jerel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,617 American births named Jerel between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,214 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jerel in 2025?
9 American babies were named Jerel in 2025, ranking #17,163 that year.
Is Jerel getting more or less popular?
Jerel is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 10 births a year, against 21 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -53% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Jerel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jerel is a boy’s name — 0.1% of the 3,617 Americans given it were girls and 99.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Jerel?
Roughly 3,214 Americans named Jerel are alive today — 89% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 39 years old, and half are between 33 and 52.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Jerel is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org