Jerel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JER-el
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Jerel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Jerel mean?
Modern: probably Jerry with the -el ending
Possibly an elaboration of Jerry, itself a pet form of Gerald, Jerome or Jeremiah.
Is Jerel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jerel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Jerel, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 166 boys. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the boys named Jerel in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 55 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,299 |
| 1993 | 89 | #1,181 |
| 1992 | 126 | #953 |
| 1991 | 126 | #941 |
| 1990 | 141 | #855 |
| 1989 | 166 | #767 |
| 1988 | 165 | #735 |
| 1987 | 147 | #752 |
| 1986 | 123 | #816 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,146 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,250 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,130 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,140 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,255 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,029 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1973 | 68 | #978 |
| 1972 | 72 | #952 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,034 |
| 1970 | 93 | #835 |
| 1969 | 65 | #951 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,047 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,363 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,012 |
| 1951 | 73 | #823 |
| 1950 | 88 | #730 |
| 1949 | 87 | #737 |
| 1948 | 54 | #944 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,063 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
Nicknames for Jerel
- Jerry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jerel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jason Joel Justin Jared Jamie Michael Jeffrey Daniel Jonathan Javier Jorge Matthew
Names related to Jerel
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Jerel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jerel, updated 20 October 2026.