Jeralyn

Peak · girls
1942 · 21 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,334
since 1930

Jeralyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jeralyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,860, 1942girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024—
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2021—
2020#12,1427
2019—
2018#11,4278
2017#15,9025
2016—
2015#11,8358
2014#6,98717
2013#9,03612
2012#7,80415
2011#8,61413
2010#11,2469
2009#7,67916
2008#9,47612
2007#8,09815
2006#8,71513
2005#7,50015
2004#6,21619
2003#6,05519
2002#6,69816
2001#6,95615
2000#6,80815
1999#5,66118
1998#4,79622
1997#5,22819
1996#6,72313
1995#6,64113
1994#9,5868
1993#10,5887
1992#7,06712
1991#5,18118
1990#6,86712
1989#6,16013
1988#7,11110
1987#5,61313
1986#5,18814
1985#6,9559
1984#4,47816
1983#5,45712
1982#4,16718
1981#4,53216
1980#6,7899
1979#6,18910
1978#6,3859
1977#7,5677
1976#4,90512
1975#7,9846
1974#4,45913
1973#3,48118
1972#3,89415
1971#4,31113
1970#4,24613
1969#3,19918
1968#3,05718
1967#2,96318
1966#3,04017
1965#2,74420
1964#2,47525
1963#2,25228
1962#2,31227
1961#2,25028
1960#2,82019
1959#2,86917
1958#2,97216
1957#2,27624
1956#2,15126
1955#2,34122
1954#2,02727
1953#2,43119
1952#2,32720
1951#2,01624
1950#2,12121
1949#1,88226
1948#2,25519
1947#1,86327
1946#1,91923
1945#1,99318
1944#3,6877
1943#2,15117
1942#1,86021
1941#1,95418
1940#2,9639
1939#3,4297
1938#3,1818
1937#2,73510
1936#3,1038
1935#3,1568
1934#2,9239
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1932#3,0479
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1930#2,42513
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First appearance
1930

The first year at least five girls were named Jeralyn! It came in at #2,425, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1931, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jeralyn is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Jeralyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jeralyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,066 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #13,208)
  • 1,373 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 1942 at #1,860 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 64,320
  • Highest: 1 in 64,320 girls born in 1942 were named Jeralyn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 16.3% of all girls named Jeralyn (218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s72#2,425 (1930)#3,000
1940s185#1,860 (1942)#2,253
1950s216#2,016 (1951)#2,353
1960s218#2,250 (1961)#2,711
1970s116#3,481 (1973)#5,342
1980s130#4,167 (1982)#5,645
1990s142#4,796 (1998)#6,834
2000s155#6,055 (2003)#7,420
2010s87#6,987 (2014)#10,356
2020s13#12,142 (2020)#12,675

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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