Girls' name · since 1977
Jerissa
49 babies named Jerissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 49
- total births
- 1977–1996
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
Jerissa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 49 have been recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Jerissa recorded 49 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1996.
- 49 total births
- 1977–1996 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 73% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerissa's 49 recorded births place it above 51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerissa splits its recorded history at 1992: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jerissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1996
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Jerissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jerissa's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Jerissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 36 births (73% of all-time use).
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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, 1977–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerissa: Baby Name Since 1977 - 49 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerissa. 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 Jerissa 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.