Girls' name · since 1924
Jeraldean
Jeraldean has 88 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1924
- 1940s
- peak decade
88 girls have been named Jeraldean since 1924, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jeraldean recorded 88 times among girls since 1924, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 1954.
- #28,561 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1924
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeraldean ranks #28,561 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1924, peaking in the 1940s.
- #28,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1924
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jeraldean's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeraldean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeraldean's full recorded timeline at 1938, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1931, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeraldean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1954
- Peak year (1935)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Jeraldean by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (37 births, 42% of the file).
1940s was Jeraldean's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jeraldean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
37 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 37 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Jeraldean's decade-level peak was the 1940s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jeraldean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1924–1954 (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 Jeraldean 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.