Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jerell

#3,483 most common boys' name of all time · #8,501 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1941–2025

Rank among boys
#3,483
Rank overall
#8,501 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,682
Since 2016
94
Peak year
1988 #1,052
Best rank
#1,052 1988
Girls Boys peak 89/yr
1960198020002020

Jerell first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,869
2024 — 8 8 #9,130
2023 — 6 6 #11,018
2022 — 12 12 #6,904
2021 — 8 8 #8,964
2020 — 5 5 #12,284
2019 — 7 7 #9,916
2018 — 15 15 #5,817
2017 — 7 7 #9,850
2016 — 20 20 #4,810
2015 — 16 16 #5,557
2014 — 17 17 #5,306
2013 — 16 16 #5,455
2012 — 21 21 #4,565
2011 — 17 17 #5,265
2010 — 23 23 #4,271
2009 — 22 22 #4,463
2008 — 37 37 #3,125
2007 — 24 24 #4,154
2006 — 48 48 #2,524
2005 — 33 33 #3,121
2004 — 34 34 #2,975
2003 — 36 36 #2,745
2002 — 33 33 #2,837
2001 — 36 36 #2,638
2000 — 34 34 #2,690
1999 — 34 34 #2,573
1998 — 29 29 #2,803
1997 — 35 35 #2,360
1996 — 25 25 #2,949
1995 — 39 39 #2,119
1994 — 42 42 #1,990
1993 — 41 41 #1,986
1992 — 63 63 #1,463
1991 — 71 71 #1,344
1990 — 79 79 #1,246
1989 — 76 76 #1,236
1988 — 89 89 #1,052
1987 — 71 71 #1,139
1986 5 76 81 #1,067
1985 — 62 62 #1,201
1984 — 29 29 #1,913
1983 — 32 32 #1,766
1982 — 38 38 #1,614
1981 — 26 26 #2,069
1980 — 22 22 #2,328
1979 — 21 21 #2,351
1978 — 16 16 #2,738
1977 — 17 17 #2,625
1976 — 8 8 #4,206
1975 — 7 7 #4,536
1974 — 13 13 #2,879
1973 — 12 12 #2,951
1972 — 9 9 #3,506
1971 — 5 5 #5,273
1970 — 9 9 #3,416
1964 — 6 6 #3,907
1961 — 6 6 #3,944
1957 — 5 5 #4,397
1956 — 6 6 #3,839
1944 — 5 5 #3,869
1943 — 6 6 #3,531
1941 — 6 6 #3,499