Jarel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-REL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Jarel is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Jarel come from?
Germanic: spelling of Jarrell; English surname, probably from Gerald or Gerard
Meaning borrowed from Jarrell.
Is Jarel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jarel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jarel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Jarel, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the boys named Jarel in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jarel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
Names like Jarel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacob Jordan Axel Jonah Liam Jackson Josue Josiah Garrett Abel Caleb Maxwell
Names related to Jarel
More Germanic names
Amelia Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Jarel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jarel, updated 20 October 2026.