boy's name

Jehiel

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 283

Jehiel is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2023, when 16 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1996.

Jehiel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jehiel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 15
2000s 71
2010s 71
2020s (to 2025) 46

How popular is Jehiel?

In 2025, Jehiel was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jehiel is used

England & Wales #5,002 4 in 2025
France #6,451 5 in 2025
United States #6,724 13 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Jehiel is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Jéhiel Jéhiel is a rare spelling of Jehiel, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Jehiel

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jehiel also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jehiel over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jehiel

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jehiel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jehiel

How popular is the name Jehiel?

In 2025, Jehiel was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Jehiel a girl's or a boy's name?

Jehiel is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jehiel most popular?

Jehiel peaked in 2023, when 16 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Jehiel a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jehiel currently ranks #5,002 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.