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Jarrell

#6,967 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jarrell has been given to 4,245 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #6,967 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1987, with 172 recorded.

Babies named Jarrell, 2025

1 in 276,000

Jarrell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jarrell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jarrell means

Jarrell is a given name.

The naming story behind Jarrell

Wikidata records Jarrell as a given name. The entity identifier is Q110741513, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,223 boys were recorded with the name Jarrell between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 172 in 1987; its best national rank was #690 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,475 in 2020 to #6,967 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,109 in 2015 to #6,967 in 2025.

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Jarrell between 1985 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1987; its best national rank was #10,378 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jarrell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,967
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jarrell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jarrell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jarrells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jarrell was born before 1989 — so the typical Jarrell is around 36 today.

Median birth year
1989
About 36 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
24.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
26.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,651
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1980s — 24.5% of all recorded uses (1,033).

Is Jarrell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,198
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,492
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,858
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.32×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.0%
Peak was 1987 (172)
Years since peak
38
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#690
1987

Spellings of Jarrell

Jarrell is not the most common spelling — Darrell is, with 37.6% against Jarrell's 0.99%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jarrell is used

Across 1910–2025, Jarrell was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 80,726 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 25,000
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 25,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 50,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 50,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 50,000
  6. 6Maryland1 in 50,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 50,000
  8. 8Virginia1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jarrell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jarrell around the world

Where Jarrell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2016
    #4,023
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    2002–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jarrell

People whose public names include Jarrell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jarrell in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Jarrell. Linked forms have their own page here.

Jarell

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Jarrell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,967
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,492
Best rank ever
#690
1987
Peak year
1987
172 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,223
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,378
1987
Peak year
1987
6 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jarrell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JarellJarettCarnellLatrellMarkellKendellMarcellJarrenJarielJarethDerrellPernellWindellJariusRondellJarenJarrettMartellJarronJerrellCardellRonnellJaretJarred

Names with a curve like Jarrell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jarrell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SchuylerJessyDemarioTerrelCassidyJustenJoryBenjamenRyneJaymesTyrelLamarcus

Sibling names for Jarrell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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