Jeret — boys' name
223 babies named Jeret in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Jeret was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jeret in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeret
The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Jeret between 1969 and 2010, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeret currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeret performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jeret shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeret 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 223 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.
Jeret at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeret popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1969
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
223 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 16 births in a single year.
Jeret by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 63 births that decade — 28% of Jeret's all-time total
Jeret decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jeret's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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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, 1969–2010 (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.