Jorel
Boy · JOR-el · Modern
Jorel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jorel mean?
Modern: from Jor-El, Superman's father in DC Comics
In Superman stories, Jor-El is the Kryptonian scientist who sends his infant son to Earth.
- Say it
- JOR-el
Is Jorel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jorel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jorel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jorel, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had the fewest boys named Jorel since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Jorel in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jorel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
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