Boys' name · since 1972
Jermayne
389 babies named Jermayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,180 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 389
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
389 boys have been named Jermayne since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jermayne has 389 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2024.
- #9,180 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 389 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jermayne ranks #9,180 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 389 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,180 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 389
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jermayne's 389 recorded births place it above 79.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Jermayne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jermayne splits its recorded history at 1997: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jermayne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2024
- Peak year (1972)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Jermayne by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (89 births, 23% of the file).
1990s was Jermayne's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Jermayne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
85 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 89 births (23% of all-time use).
Jermayne by state
Where Jermayne concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 389 births nationwide.
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- Jermayne's decade-level peak was the 1990s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jermaynes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jermayne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jermayne 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 August 2026.