Boys' name · since 1979
Jeren
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.
- 419
- total births
- 1979–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
419 boys have been named Jeren since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jeren has 419 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 2023.
- 419 total births
- 1979–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 38% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeren's 419 recorded births place it above 81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jeren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeren'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 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Jeren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jeren's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jeren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
158 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 158 births (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.
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- Jeren's decade-level peak was the 2000s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jerens (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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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, 1979–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeren: Baby Name Since 1979 - 419 Births, Peak 2003." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeren. 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 Jeren 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.