Jakel
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 96.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 326since 1994
Jakel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jakel has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
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| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1994
The first year at least five boys were named Jakel! It came in at #7,770, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jakel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jakel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jakel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #10,695)
- 1,127 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 1999 at #4,162 (17 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 112,863
- Highest: 1 in 112,863 boys born in 2010 were named Jakel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,162 in 1999, was only 1 in 112,950 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 46.6% of all boys named Jakel (152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47 | #4,162 (1999) | #6,438 |
| 2000s | 152 | #4,616 (2003) | #5,317 |
| 2010s | 99 | #5,251 (2010) | #8,323 |
| 2020s | 28 | #8,739 (2020) | #9,743 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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