Jeryl
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #8,562 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 56.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 155 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,029since 1931
Jeryl over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #1,385 | 63 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,379 | 64 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #768 | 155 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,039 | 89 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #3,763 | 5 |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jeryl! It came in at #3,497, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jeryl is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#430 · 1 in 5,511
- New York#663 · 1 in 10,297
- Pennsylvania#744 · 1 in 16,540
- California#969 · 1 in 17,380
Best ever in a state: #265 in New Jersey, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #430 | 10 | 1 in 5,511 |
| New York | #663 | 16 | 1 in 10,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #744 | 7 | 1 in 16,540 |
| California | #969 | 9 | 1 in 17,380 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Jeryl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
- Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1955 (#1,039 → #768)
- Biggest drop: 481 spots in 1956 (#768 → #1,249)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1955 at #768 (155 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1955
- Highest: 1 in 12,615 girls born in 1955 were named Jeryl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 255,310 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
- 56.1% of all girls named Jeryl (577) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1968, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 29 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,439 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,825 (1945) | #2,766 |
| 1950s | 577 | #768 (1955) | #1,546 |
| 1960s | 250 | #1,379 (1965) | #3,040 |
| 1970s | 28 | #7,388 (1971) | #8,200 |
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.
Jeryl in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 29,097 of them was named Jeryl, which outranked 81.9% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,241Karrie70
- #1,241Lidia70
- #1,241Pauletta70
- #1,249Jeryl69
- #1,249Alene69
- #1,249Carolee69
- #1,249Flossie69
- #1,260Georgie68
- #1,260Jonna68
- #1,260Kathern68
Tied with 10 names at #1,249; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 91,970 of them was named Jeryl, which outranked 63.1% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,608Sanders24
- #1,608Verlyn24
- #1,608Vicky24
- #1,642Jeryl23
- #1,642Alvino23
- #1,642Bernice23
- #1,642Braden23
- #1,676Adlai22
- #1,676Arron22
- #1,676Augie22
Tied with 33 names at #1,642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.