Jermel
Masculine
Jermel is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,347 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
The -el at the end of Daniel, Samuel, Michael and Gabriel is the Hebrew word for God. American coinages ending in -el and -ell borrow that shape without the element, which is why they sound scriptural and are not.
How old is the name Jermel?
Jermel first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Jermel alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 1,300 people named Jermel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jermel most popular?
Jermel peaked in 1975, reaching #1208 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 9,487 places below that high. See the whole 1975 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jermel
Hebrew names are frequently sentences with a divine element at one end: Daniel is God is my judge, Samuel is heard by God or asked of God, Michael is who is like God, Gabriel is God is my strength, Israel is one who strives with God. English speakers do not parse any of that, but they recognize the ending, because those five names have been among the commonest in the language for centuries. So a coinage ending in -el or -ell inherits a register it has not earned, sounding old and serious without containing anything old at all. The same trick works with -iah, from the divine name at the other end. Naming the mechanism is more useful than either inventing a meaning or dismissing the name.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Jermel is an American formation from the Jer- opening, shared with Jerome and Jerry, and an -el ending. The ending is not the Hebrew el, God, that appears in Daniel and Michael, though it takes its shape from names that carry it. The peak is 1975.
Pronouncing Jermel
jur-MEL
Two syllables, stress on the second. Jermel and Jermell are homophones.
Nicknames for Jermel
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 198156 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1208reached in 1975
- Change vs 2024
- −33.3%6 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jermel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jermell in English — spelling variant
- Jarmel in English — spelling variant
Jermels among us
people named Jermel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Jermel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Derwood test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jermel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Derwood climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Derwood's path sketches the road Jermel is walking now.
Jermel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Jermel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jermel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Mel is a ready short form and a name of its own.
- Two syllables with a firm ending.
- It is uncommon while sounding entirely familiar.
- It has no documented meaning.
- Several spellings compete.
- The 1975 peak dates it closely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jermels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Jermel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jermel in 2025?
- Jermel ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jermel?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Jermel — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jermel with classmates?
- Jermel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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