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Jarrell

Gender
Boy
Say it
ja-REL
Origin
Germanic
US rank, 2025
#6,799 for boys

Jarrell is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

Where does Jarrell come from?

Germanic: English surname, probably from Gerald or Gerard

Is Jarrell a girl's or a boy's name?

Jarrell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jarrell in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.

1996Busiest: 7 in 20072016
Jarrell in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20164#4,214
20153#4,955
20140–
20130–
20120–
20114#3,986
20103#4,865
20094#3,909
20080–
20077#2,554
20060–
20056#2,545
20045#2,691
20033#3,593
20020–
20013#3,255
20000–
19994#2,513
19980–
19970–
19963#2,949

How popular is Jarrell in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,799th among boys
Babies in 2025
12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Jarrell, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1987, with 172 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.

2025 had fewer boys named Jarrell than any year since 1973.

Half of all the boys named Jarrell in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1913Busiest: 172 in 19872025
Jarrell in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202421#4,697
202313#6,512
202224#4,299
202123#4,358
202022#4,422
201935#3,256
201828#3,789
201724#4,220
201641#2,884
201537#3,084
201436#3,088
201338#2,953
201246#2,631
201159#2,202
201057#2,261
200965#2,098
200855#2,344
200770#1,995
200674#1,840
200581#1,657
200477#1,668
200364#1,842
200245#2,291
200152#2,023
200071#1,637
199942#2,196
199868#1,555
199754#1,770
199644#1,982
199584#1,270
199464#1,472
1993117#1,011
1992129#941
1991119#975
1990115#976
1989156#792
1988156#757
1987172#689
1986117#835
1985157#702
198489#931
198360#1,166
198248#1,361
198146#1,396
198032#1,765
197935#1,633
197831#1,718
197725#1,948
197624#1,998
197523#2,000
197423#1,934
19738#3,692
197216#2,323
197115#2,463
197019#2,057
196923#1,727
196814#2,199
196715#2,029
196614#2,131
196522#1,668
196427#1,509
196314#2,199
196218#1,895
196114#2,241
196014#2,209
195922#1,708
195824#1,592
195726#1,546
195617#1,944
195518#1,844
195417#1,886
195323#1,591
195224#1,546
195127#1,429
195020#1,656
194923#1,543
194820#1,655
194719#1,732
194627#1,354
194517#1,632
194416#1,737
194326#1,367
194232#1,228
194121#1,485
194023#1,397
193916#1,712
193829#1,221
193727#1,288
193617#1,639
193512#2,127
193418#1,658
193313#1,997
193212#2,191
193112#2,207
193016#1,889
192916#1,933
19289#2,842
19278#3,150
192617#1,911
19255#4,195
192417#1,964
192314#2,223
19228#3,250
19219#2,985
192018#1,885
191918#1,810
19188#3,095
19179#2,731
19166#3,515
19155#3,824
19140–
19139#1,944

Names like Jarrell

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Joel, Daniel, Jacob, Joshua, Jamie, Michael, Adam, Jason, Matthew, Toby, Billy, Nathan

Names related to Jarrell

Jarell, Jerrell, Jahrell, Jorell, Jerell, Jariel, Jarel, Jerrel, Jarrel

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jarrell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jarrell, updated 20 October 2026.