Boys' name · since 1972
Jermyn
Jermyn has 52 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 52
- total births
- 1972–1984
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
52 boys have been named Jermyn since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jermyn has 52 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 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1984.
- 52 total births
- 1972–1984 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jermyn's 52 recorded births place it above 52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jermyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jermyn splits its recorded history at 1981: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jermyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1984
- Peak year (1976)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Jermyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Jermyn's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Jermyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 30 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Jermyn's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1980s (22) -- 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, 1972–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jermyn: Baby Name Since 1972 - 52 Births, Peak 1976." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jermyn. 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 Jermyn 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.