Jermell
Masculine
Jermell is an American name of the seventies and eighties, two syllables with a strong second beat. Its front sounds like Germaine, and Germaine leads back to a Latin word that English kept in two surprising places.
How old is the name Jermell?
Jermell first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Jermell alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 600 people named Jermell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jermell most popular?
Jermell peaked in 1981, reaching #1766 nationally. See the whole 1981 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jermell
Germaine comes from Latin germanus, 'of the same stock, full brother', and English kept that word twice: a cousin-german is a first cousin, the child of a parent's brother or sister, and germane means closely related, relevant. Jermell was not built from the Latin; it came from Jermaine and the strong -ell endings of its day. But it carries the echo of a word for close kinship, which is a good thing to hear in a name.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Jermell may be Jermaine or Jerome reshaped with an -ell ending, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Jermell
jer-MEL
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Jermell
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
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 198132 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1766reached in 1981
- Change vs 2020
- +66.7%10 in 2021, from 6
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.
Jermells among us
people named Jermell are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jermell sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Strong and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Jermell is unlikely to meet another.
- Close to familiar names such as Jermaine.
- People will write Jermel or Germell.
- It is closely tied to its era.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jermells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Jermell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jermell in 2025?
- Jermell is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Jermell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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