Jearlene — girls' name
185 babies named Jearlene in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
185 girls have been named Jearlene since 1928, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1958.
- 185
- total births
- 1928–1958
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Jearlene was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Jearlene in 1937 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jearlene
The Social Security Administration has registered 185 babies named Jearlene between 1928 and 1958, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jearlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jearlene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jearlene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jearlene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jearlene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 185 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jearlene at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jearlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1928
- Peak year (1937)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
185 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1937 with 14 births in a single year.
Jearlene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 76 births that decade — 41% of Jearlene's all-time total
Jearlene decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Jearlene's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Jearlene by state
Where Jearlene concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 3.8% |
7 of 185 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.