girls:
87 births since 2007
#5629 (1st percentile)
boys:
86 births since 2007
#4500 (2nd percentile)
overall:
173 births since 2007
#7566 (2nd percentile)
The name Jayel is the #7,566 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 173 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 2.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,629 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 87 births since 2007. For boys, it ranks #4,500 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 86 births since 2007.
Jayel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 . Birth data for Jayel is available in 12 out of the 14 years between 2007 and 2020 (12 years for girls and 10 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 Jayel is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2020, 66.7% of babies named Jayel were boys. Interestingly, until around 2013, the name was more popular for boys (51.4% boys from 2007 to 2012), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (53.2% girls from 2013 to 2020).
For girls, Jayel reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #931) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
For boys, Jayel reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #896) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jayel".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jayel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.6% confident that Jayel is pronounced as JAY-ehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-uhl, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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