Jeriel
Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Jeriel was most popular in 2009, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,474 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,962, with 36 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,064 people named Jeriel.
Jeriel over time
How old is the name Jeriel?
Jeriel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 46 of the 56 years since.
How many people are named Jeriel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,064 American births named Jeriel 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 1,047 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jeriel in 2025?
36 American babies were named Jeriel in 2025, ranking #6,962 that year.
Is Jeriel getting more or less popular?
Jeriel is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 32 births a year, against 46 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -31% 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 Jeriel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jeriel is a boy’s name — 0.6% of the 1,064 Americans given it were girls and 99.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% 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 Jeriel?
Roughly 1,047 Americans named Jeriel are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 21. That is a narrow band: Jeriel arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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 Jeriel 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