Boys' name · since 1976
Jerit
37 babies named Jerit in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 37
- total births
- 1976–2000
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
Jerit sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 37 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerit has been recorded 37 times among boys since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2000.
- 37 total births
- 1976–2000 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 46% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerit's 37 recorded births place it above 46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jerit's full recorded timeline at 1982, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jerit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2000
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jerit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Jerit's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Jerit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Jerit's decade-level peak was the 1970s (17 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, 1976–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerit: Baby Name Since 1976 - 37 Births, Peak 1978." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerit. 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 Jerit 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.