Boys' name · since 1976
Jermail
Jermail has 34 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 34
- total births
- 1976–1987
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
Jermail sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 34 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jermail has been recorded 34 times among boys since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. 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 1987.
- 34 total births
- 1976–1987 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 85% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jermail's 34 recorded births place it above 45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jermail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jermail's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jermail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1987
- Peak year (1981)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jermail by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jermail's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Jermail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 29 births (85% 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, 1976–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jermail: Baby Name Since 1976 - 34 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jermail. 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 Jermail 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.