Jerisha — girls' name
60 babies named Jerisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
60 girls have been named Jerisha since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 60
- total births
- 1980–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Jerisha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Jerisha in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Jerisha between 1980 and 2002, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jerisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerisha 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 60 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.
Jerisha at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1980
- Peak year (1993)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
60 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 9 births in a single year.
Jerisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 32 births that decade — 53% of Jerisha's all-time total
Jerisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jerisha's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1980–2002 (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.