Boys' name · since 1974
Jermelle
48 babies named Jermelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 48
- total births
- 1974–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Jermelle sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 48 recorded since 1974.
Jermelle has 48 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1999.
- 48 total births
- 1974–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jermelle's 48 recorded births place it above 50% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jermelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jermelle's full recorded timeline at 1987, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jermelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1999
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Jermelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jermelle's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jermelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 30 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Jermelle's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1990s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1974–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jermelle: Baby Name Since 1974 - 48 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jermelle. 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 Jermelle 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.