Jerell
- Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,677since 1941
Jerell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jerell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,533 | 21 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,127 | 24 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,513 | 48 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,817 | 33 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,674 | 34 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,560 | 34 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,782 | 29 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,347 | 35 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,977 | 42 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,452 | 63 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,336 | 71 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,238 | 79 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,228 | 76 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,047 | 89 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,136 | 71 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,067 | 76 |
| 1985 | — | #1,190 | 62 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,596 | 38 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1941
The first year at least five boys were named Jerell! It came in at #3,133, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1942, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jerell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jerell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jerell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,708 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #10,695)
- 1,327 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #10,695)
- 5,188 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1988 at #1,047 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 5 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 21,509
- Highest: 1 in 21,509 boys born in 1988 were named Jerell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 31.1% of all boys named Jerell (521) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 17 | #3,133 (1941) | #3,265 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,535 (1956) | #3,764 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,627 |
| 1970s | 117 | #2,310 (1979) | #3,305 |
| 1980s | 521 | #1,047 (1988) | #1,522 |
| 1990s | 458 | #1,238 (1990) | #2,067 |
| 2000s | 337 | #2,513 (2006) | #3,105 |
| 2010s | 159 | #4,241 (2010) | #6,014 |
| 2020s | 45 | #6,828 (2022) | #9,696 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Jerell ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: