Girls' name · since 1980
Jerisha
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.
- 60
- total births
- 1980–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
60 girls have been named Jerisha since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerisha has been recorded 60 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2002.
- 60 total births
- 1980–2002 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerisha's 60 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jerisha's full recorded timeline at 1993, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jerisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2002
- Peak year (1993)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Jerisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jerisha's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Jerisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 32 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jerisha's data
- Jerisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1980–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerisha: Baby Name Since 1980 - 60 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerisha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jerisha 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 July 2026.