Boys' name · since 1969
Jeret
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.
- #12,323 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 223
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
223 boys have been named Jeret since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeret has been recorded 223 times among boys since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2010.
- #12,323 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 223 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeret ranks #12,323 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 223 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,323 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 223
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jeret's 223 recorded births place it above 72.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeret's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jeret's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jeret popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2010
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Jeret by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (63 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Jeret's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Jeret births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 9
2010s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 63 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Jeret's decade-level peak was the 1980s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jeret: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1969–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jeret 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 August 2026.