girls:
6 births since 2006
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
186 births since 1994
#4400 (4th percentile)
overall:
192 births since 1994
#7547 (2nd percentile)
The name Jakell is the #7,547 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 192 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,400 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 186 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2006.
Jakell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Jakell is available in 24 out of the 29 years between 1994 and 2022 (24 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Jakell has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jakell reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #890) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Jakell reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #965) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jakell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jakell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.4% confident that Jakell is pronounced as juh-KEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-kehl, at 13.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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