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Names ending in -ell / -el
32 names · 6 girls · 26 boys · records through 2025
Endings do more work than we notice: they set a name's rhythm, its nickname options, and how it sits beside your last name.
This guide has 32 names: 6 girl names and 26 boy names. Names ending in -ell / -el inside the current national top-400, ordered by today's rank. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
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These are today's top names ending in -ell / -el, ranked by real current use.
Girl names
6 names
Boy names
26 names
- Samuel#18 today
- Michael#21 today
- Daniel#22 today
- Gabriel#37 today
- Ezekiel#61 today
- Angel#67 today
- Axel#79 today
- Adriel#84 today
- Gael#86 today
- Nathaniel#140 today
- Emmanuel#179 today
- Aziel#186 today
- Maxwell#189 today
- Jaziel#198 today
- Miguel#212 today
- Rafael#218 today
- Joel#219 today
- Abel#231 today
- Ismael#263 today
- Israel#315 today
- Dariel#326 today
- Russell#345 today
- Ezequiel#348 today
- Leonel#350 today
- Manuel#371 today
- Raphael#394 today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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