Jerlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jerlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 924 babies named Jerlene between 1915 and 1988, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerlene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 309 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jerlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerlene in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerlene 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 924 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.