Girls' name · since 1920
Jearlean
271 babies named Jearlean in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1920
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jearlean is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 271 have been recorded since 1920.
Jearlean has 271 recorded births among girls since 1920, 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 1920 to 1956.
- #16,812 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 271 born since 1920
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jearlean ranks #16,812 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1920, peaking in the 1940s.
- #16,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1920
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jearlean's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
Jearlean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jearlean's SSA record in two at 1941 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1949 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jearlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1956
- Peak year (1949)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Jearlean by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (103 births, 38% of the file).
1940s was Jearlean's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jearlean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
42 births
- 1930s
1930s
76 births
- 1940s
1940s
103 births
- 1950s
1950s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 103 births (38% of all-time use).
Jearlean by state
Where Jearlean concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 6 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Arkansas | | 5 | 1.8% |
6 of 271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Jearlean's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 1950s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Mississippi records the most Jearleans (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi 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 Jearlean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1920–1956 (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 Jearlean 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.