Jerilyn
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 325 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,251since 1931
Jerilyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Jerilyn has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 |
| 1980 | #1,677 | 68 |
| 1979 | #1,530 | 76 |
| 1978 | #2,350 | 38 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 |
| 1976 | #2,174 | 39 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 |
| 1972 | #1,594 | 57 |
| 1971 | #1,575 | 61 |
| 1970 | #1,421 | 73 |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 88 |
| 1967 | #1,164 | 83 |
| 1966 | #940 | 117 |
| 1965 | #1,135 | 87 |
| 1964 | #964 | 120 |
| 1963 | #993 | 115 |
| 1962 | #842 | 156 |
| 1961 | #1,036 | 111 |
| 1960 | #1,165 | 87 |
| 1959 | #1,052 | 103 |
| 1958 | #941 | 120 |
| 1957 | #1,144 | 85 |
| 1956 | #875 | 130 |
| 1955 | #922 | 114 |
| 1954 | #798 | 138 |
| 1953 | #915 | 106 |
| 1952 | #906 | 104 |
| 1951 | #819 | 119 |
| 1950 | #909 | 96 |
| 1949 | #820 | 114 |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 |
| 1947 | #658 | 161 |
| 1946 | #658 | 145 |
| 1945 | #692 | 116 |
| 1944 | #581 | 160 |
| 1943 | #558 | 182 |
| 1942 | #396 | 325 |
| 1941 | #607 | 135 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
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| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jerilyn! It came in at #3,848, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1932–1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jerilyn is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#1,057 · 1 in 14,418
- California#1,636 · 1 in 20,416
- Texas#1,686 · 1 in 22,222
Best ever in a state: #145 in South Dakota, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #1,057 | 5 | 1 in 14,418 |
| California | #1,636 | 8 | 1 in 20,416 |
| Texas | #1,686 | 5 | 1 in 22,222 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jerilyn
- 842 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #11,932)
- 5,896 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 2,130 spots in 1941 (#2,737 → #607)
- Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1957 (#875 → #1,144)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1942 at #396 (325 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1941–1956
- Highest: 1 in 4,156 girls born in 1942 were named Jerilyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.8% of all girls named Jerilyn (1,460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 25 | #3,103 (1936) | #3,773 |
| 1940s | 1,460 | #396 (1942) | #853 |
| 1950s | 1,115 | #798 (1954) | #928 |
| 1960s | 1,048 | #842 (1962) | #1,060 |
| 1970s | 509 | #1,421 (1970) | #1,899 |
| 1980s | 485 | #1,674 (1981) | #2,227 |
| 1990s | 271 | #2,935 (1991) | #4,093 |
| 2000s | 194 | #5,174 (2001) | #6,484 |
| 2010s | 117 | #6,036 (2015) | #9,922 |
| 2020s | 27 | #11,090 (2020) | #12,629 |
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.
Jerilyn in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 21,122 of them was named Jerilyn, which outranked 87.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,517Kanisha77
- #1,517Racquel77
- #1,517Rebecka77
- #1,530Jerilyn76
- #1,530Brea76
- #1,530Jaqueline76
- #1,530Jessenia76
- #1,543Aleisha75
- #1,543Aurelia75
- #1,543Chrissie75
Tied with 12 names at #1,530; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.