Jerel is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1989 and has since faded.
Jerel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,545 for boy births in the United States (and #17,738 across all names), given to 9 babies. Jerel was first reported in SSA data in 1937 and peaked in 1989 (166 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,545 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,189 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,485 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,488 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,235 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,242 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,859 |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,194 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,660 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,621 |
| 2014 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,183 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,880 |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,457 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,577 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,132 |
| 2009 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,354 |
| 2008 | 21 | 26 | — | #4,616 |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,308 |
| 2006 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,428 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,926 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,622 |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,341 |
| 2002 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,221 |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,894 |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,253 |
| 1999 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,376 |
| 1998 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,332 |
| 1997 | 42 | — | — | #2,114 |
| 1996 | 55 | — | — | #1,719 |
| 1995 | 62 | — | — | #1,537 |
| 1994 | 80 | — | — | #1,306 |
| 1993 | 89 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1992 | 126 | — | — | #957 |
| 1991 | 126 | — | — | #950 |
| 1990 | 141 | — | — | #862 |
| 1989 | 166 | — | — | #770 |
| 1988 | 165 | — | — | #736 |
| 1987 | 147 | — | — | #753 |
| 1986 | 123 | — | — | #819 |
| 1985 | 66 | — | — | #1,153 |
| 1984 | 54 | — | — | #1,257 |
| 1983 | 63 | — | — | #1,136 |
| 1982 | 64 | — | — | #1,143 |
| 1981 | 57 | — | — | #1,213 |
| 1980 | 55 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1979 | 54 | — | — | #1,256 |
| 1978 | 42 | — | — | #1,446 |
| 1977 | 59 | — | — | #1,131 |
| 1976 | 35 | — | — | #1,556 |
| 1975 | 64 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1974 | 66 | — | — | #1,012 |
| 1973 | 68 | — | — | #982 |
| 1972 | 72 | — | — | #956 |
| 1971 | 62 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1970 | 93 | — | — | #837 |
| 1969 | 65 | — | — | #953 |
| 1968 | 50 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | — | #1,377 |
| 1966 | 22 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | — | #4,177 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | — | #3,475 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,585 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | — | #2,994 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | — | #2,473 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | — | #2,727 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | — | #2,434 |
| 1957 | 18 | — | — | #1,921 |
| 1956 | 22 | — | — | #1,697 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | — | #1,757 |
| 1954 | 27 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1953 | 35 | — | — | #1,268 |
| 1952 | 50 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1951 | 73 | — | — | #825 |
| 1950 | 88 | — | — | #732 |
| 1949 | 87 | — | — | #739 |
| 1948 | 54 | — | — | #949 |
| 1947 | 51 | — | #5,674 | #1,074 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | — | #2,204 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,156 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,763 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,784 |