Jerita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jerita

The Social Security Administration has registered 100 babies named Jerita between 1939 and 1986, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerita 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 100 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.