Jerrilyn

Peak · girls
1942 · 86 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,277
since 1936

Jerrilyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jerrilyn has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #827, 1942girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2011#14,8246
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2007#17,6365
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2004#11,6248
2003#15,7845
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1995#8,7669
1994#9,5868
1993#11,7806
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1991#9,3368
1990#8,5019
1989#8,7618
1988#8,3918
1987#8,7787
1986#8,5237
1985#9,3076
1984#8,1537
1983#6,7059
1982#5,20913
1981#7,4098
1980#8,1787
1979#6,6969
1978#7,6497
1977#5,21312
1976#6,0489
1975#5,16111
1974#6,2588
1973#5,19110
1972#5,10910
1971#3,37319
1970#3,87215
1969#2,91721
1968#3,31516
1967#2,55823
1966#3,40014
1965#2,53823
1964#2,34827
1963#2,61922
1962#2,16330
1961#2,00434
1960#2,36925
1959#3,25414
1958#2,58120
1957#2,41622
1956#1,73837
1955#1,97829
1954#1,64838
1953#1,70734
1952#1,64135
1951#1,50539
1950#1,30249
1949#1,18958
1948#1,66931
1947#1,33747
1946#1,10160
1945#1,29238
1944#1,04656
1943#1,12451
1942#82786
1941#1,61024
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1939#4,2505
1938#4,3425
1937#4,2555
1936#4,1815
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Jerrilyn! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1940, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jerrilyn is popular in 2025

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

See more about Jerrilyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
  • Biggest jump: 783 spots in 1942
  • Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1943
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1942 at #827 (86 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,706
  • Highest: 1 in 15,706 girls born in 1942 were named Jerrilyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,178 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 35.3% of all girls named Jerrilyn (451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s20#4,181 (1936)#4,257
1940s451#827 (1942)#1,244
1950s317#1,302 (1950)#1,977
1960s235#2,004 (1961)#2,623
1970s110#3,373 (1971)#5,457
1980s80#5,209 (1982)#7,941
1990s40#8,501 (1990)#9,594
2000s18#11,624 (2004)#15,015
2010s6#14,824 (2011)#14,824

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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