girls:
209 births since 1989
#5507 (4th percentile)
boys:
645 births since 1977
#3942 (14th percentile)
overall:
854 births since 1977
#6885 (11th percentile)
The name Jezreel is the #6,885 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 854 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 11.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,942 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 645 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,507 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 209 births since 1989.
Jezreel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Jezreel is available in 40 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 26 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 Jezreel has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 56.3% of babies named Jezreel were boys.
For boys, Jezreel reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #858) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jezreel ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 34.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jezreel reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #929) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jezreel ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 54.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jezreel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jezreel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Jezreel is pronounced as JEHZ-ree-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEHZ-reel, at 35.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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