Jeris — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jeris

The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Jeris between 1938 and 2010, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeris currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 52 babies received it in a single year. Jeris is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 116 additional births since 1938.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeris performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jeris shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeris in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeris 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 173 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.