Jeren — boys' name
419 babies named Jeren in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
419 boys have been named Jeren since 1979, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 419
- total births
- 1979–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Jeren was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Jeren in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeren
The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Jeren between 1979 and 2023, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeren currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeren performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jeren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeren in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeren 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 419 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.
Jeren at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1979
- Peak year (2003)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
419 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 20 births in a single year.
Jeren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 158 births that decade — 38% of Jeren's all-time total
Jeren decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jeren's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Jeren by state
Where Jeren concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.4% |
10 of 419 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.