Jerol
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jerol has been given to 140 babies in the U.S. since 1931. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1938, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.
Babies named Jerol, 1973
1 in 603,000
Jerol over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jerol over time
In 1973, Jerol went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jerol?
Jerol had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1973, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1973
- 1 in 603,000
- 5 of 3,016,706 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 312,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1973
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 418,205 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jerol sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1973 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 418,205 children born in 1973 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jerol. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jerols were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jerol was born before 1945 — so the typical Jerol is around 80 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1940s
- 27.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 49.2%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 64
- People you could plausibly meet
1940s — 27.7% of all recorded uses (36).
Is Jerol 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1938 (18)
- Years since peak
- 87
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.5% average annual change
Spellings of Jerol
Jerol is not the most common spelling — Jerry is, with 52.8% against Jerol's 0.01%.
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.
Jerol by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Jerol
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Jerol
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.