first name
JERRELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,831 people named Jerrell, 65.6% reported their origin as Black, 24.7% as White and 4.8% as two or more races. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jerrell peaked in 1989, when 242 babies got the name.
At least 7,298 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jerrell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,598. The largest share of babies named Jerrell, 36.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jerrell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jerrell has been most common in Alabama (3.9×), Georgia (3.6×), and Maryland (2.6×), and least common in Ohio (0.51×).
4,013 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Jerrell
2 other first names also have 4,831 people.
Either side of Jerrell
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jerrell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jerrell ranks #25,153 of 156,621, with 1,032 people. See Jerrell as a last name
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