Girls' name · since 1934
Jeralene
49 babies named Jeralene in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 49
- total births
- 1934–1954
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
49 girls have been named Jeralene since 1934, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeralene has been recorded 49 times among girls since 1934, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1954.
- 49 total births
- 1934–1954 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeralene's 49 recorded births place it above 51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeralene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jeralene's SSA record in two at 1945 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1934, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1945 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jeralene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1954
- Peak year (1945)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jeralene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Jeralene's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Jeralene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 23 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Jeralene's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 1950s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1934–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeralene: Baby Name Since 1934 - 49 Births, Peak 1945." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeralene. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jeralene 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 July 2026.