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Jeriel

#3,698 in 2025Boys' name

Taught by God

Jeriel has been given to 1,064 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #3,698 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 53 recorded.

Babies named Jeriel, 2025

1 in 111,000

Jeriel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jeriel: meaning, origin, and history

Taught by God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jeriel means

Jeriel means “taught by God”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,058 boys were recorded with the name Jeriel between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 53 in 2009; its best national rank was #2,418 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,095 in 2020 to #3,698 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,541 in 2015 to #3,698 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Jeriel between 2025 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2025; its best national rank was #13,946 in 2025.

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 Jeriel?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 111,000
30 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 56,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,698
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
76,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jeriel 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 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jeriel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jeriels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jeriel was born before 2011 — so the typical Jeriel is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,058
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Choose a decade

2010s — 38.5% of all recorded uses (407).

Is Jeriel 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
−512
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−603
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,157
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.61×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
56.6%
Peak was 2009 (53)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,418
2009

Spellings of Jeriel

Jeriel is not the most common spelling — Adriel is, with 18.3% against Jeriel's 0.57%.

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 Jeriel is used

Across 1910–2025, Jeriel was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 159,477 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 50,000
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 100,000
  3. 3New York1 in 100,000
  4. 4Connecticut1 in —
  5. 5New Jersey1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

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. Jeriel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jeriel around the world

Where Jeriel 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
    2012–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • France
    2003–2025
    #6,589
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2018–2019
    #2,943
    in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Jeriel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,698
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 603
Best rank ever
#2,418
2009
Peak year
2009
53 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,058
Count in 2025
30

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,946
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#13,946
2025
Peak year
2025
6 that year
First recorded
2025
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Jeriel

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

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Sibling names for Jeriel

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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