girls:
363 births since 1961
#5353 (6th percentile)
boys:
163 births since 1987
#4423 (3rd percentile)
overall:
526 births since 1961
#7213 (7th percentile)
The name Jacquel is the #7,213 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 526 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 6.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,353 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 363 births since 1961. For boys, it ranks #4,423 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 163 births since 1987.
Jacquel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Jacquel is available in 41 out of the 50 years between 1961 and 2010 (33 years for girls and 19 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jacquel has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.0% of all recorded births). In 2010, 0.0% of babies named Jacquel were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for girls (82.2% girls from 1961 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (75.2% boys from 1996 to 2010).
For girls, Jacquel reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #756) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
For boys, Jacquel reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #782) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jacquel".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Jacquel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.2% confident that Jacquel is pronounced as ja-KEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAK-wehl, at 20.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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