Boys' name · since 1979
Jerek
504 babies named Jerek in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 504
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
504 boys have been named Jerek since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jerek has 504 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #7,860 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 504 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerek ranks #7,860 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 504 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 504
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jerek's 504 recorded births place it above 82.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jerek's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jerek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jerek by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (161 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Jerek's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Jerek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
161 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 161 births (32% of all-time use).
How Jerek compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jerek's total volume
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What to do with Jerek's data
- Jerek's decade-level peak was the 2000s (161 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jerek: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1979–2024 (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 Jerek 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.