Names/J

Jorel

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Jorel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
160.00% of boys
Peak year
198549 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1979
1,081people given the name
Babies named Jorel, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,081 boys have been named Jorel in the United States since 1979, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 49 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 1980s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Jorel
1970s22
1980s327
1990s155
2000s242
2010s266
2020s69

In 1985, its biggest year

Jorel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1985 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1985.

Names that rose and fell with Jorel

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.