Jerelyn — #15454 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jerelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 957 babies named Jerelyn between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerelyn currently holds the #15454 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerelyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jerelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerelyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerelyn 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 957 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.