Girls' name · since 1956
Jeralynn
107 babies named Jeralynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 107
- total births
- 1956–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Jeralynn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 107 have been recorded since 1956.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeralynn has been recorded 107 times among girls since 1956, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2016.
- 107 total births
- 1956–2016 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeralynn's 107 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeralynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeralynn's full recorded timeline at 2001, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeralynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2016
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2016.
107 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 10 births in a single year.
Jeralynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jeralynn's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jeralynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 38 births (36% of all-time use).
Jeralynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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, 1956–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeralynn: Baby Name Since 1956 - 107 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeralynn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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