Jerene — girls' name
537 babies named Jerene in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Jerene was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Jerene in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerene
The Social Security Administration has registered 537 babies named Jerene between 1914 and 1989, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jerene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jerene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerene 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 537 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.
Jerene at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1914
- Peak year (1955)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
537 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 26 births in a single year.
Jerene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 128 births that decade — 24% of Jerene's all-time total
Jerene decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Jerene's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Jerene by state
Where Jerene concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 537 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.9% 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, 1914–1989 (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.