Girls' name · since 1919
Jearldine
Jearldine has 382 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1946 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 382
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jearldine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 382 have been recorded since 1919.
Jearldine has 382 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1961.
- #13,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 382 born since 1919
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jearldine ranks #13,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 382 born since 1919, peaking in the 1940s.
- #13,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 382
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jearldine's 382 recorded births place it above 80.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Jearldine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jearldine's full recorded timeline at 1940, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1946 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jearldine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1961
- Peak year (1946)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Jearldine by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (135 births, 35% of the file).
1940s was Jearldine's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jearldine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
55 births
- 1930s
1930s
112 births
- 1940s
1940s
135 births
- 1950s
1950s
63 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 135 births (35% of all-time use).
Jearldine by state
Where Jearldine concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.3% |
6 of 382 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Jearldine's decade-level peak was the 1940s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jearldines (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jearldine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jearldine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.