Boys' name · since 1986
Jerik
204 babies named Jerik in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,837 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jerik sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 204 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerik has been recorded 204 times among boys since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2020.
- #12,837 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 204 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerik ranks #12,837 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,837 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jerik's 204 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerik splits its recorded history at 2008: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jerik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2020
- Peak year (2011)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jerik by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (85 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Jerik's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jerik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 85 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Jerik's decade-level peak was the 2010s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- 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 Jerik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~34 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, 1986–2020 (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 Jerik 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.