boys:
5 births since 1994
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
5 births since 1994
#7734 (0th percentile)
The name Jakeal is the #7,734 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 0.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1994.
Jakeal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for boys in 1994). Birth data for Jakeal is available in 1 out of the 3 years between 1993 and 1995. 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.
For boys, Jakeal reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #776) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jakeal".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jakeal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.3% confident that Jakeal is pronounced as JAY-keel, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-kuhl, at 32.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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