Jerlean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jerlean

The Social Security Administration has registered 683 babies named Jerlean between 1914 and 1964, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerlean performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerlean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 95 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerlean in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerlean 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 683 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.