Jakel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-KEL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Jakel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Jakel come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps from Jake
Is Jakel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Jakel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Jakel in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Jakel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaylen, Jayden, Axel, Jax, Jackson, Gael, Jaxton, Jamir, Jonah, Jamari, Johan, Kalel
Names related to Jakel
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jakel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakel, updated 20 October 2026.