Jermon — boys' name
511 babies named Jermon in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
511 boys have been named Jermon since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2025.
- 511
- total births
- 1971–2025
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 24%
- born in that decade
24% of everyone ever named Jermon was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jermon in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jermon
The Social Security Administration has registered 511 babies named Jermon between 1971 and 2025, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jermon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jermon performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jermon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jermon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jermon 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 511 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.
Jermon at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jermon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1971
- Peak year (1981)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
511 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 19 births in a single year.
Jermon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 122 births that decade — 24% of Jermon's all-time total
Jermon decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jermon's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Jermon by state
Where Jermon concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 511 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.