Girls' name · since 1988
Jernae
Jernae has 16 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 16
- total births
- 1988–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Jernae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Jernae recorded 16 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2006.
- 16 total births
- 1988–2006 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jernae's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jernae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jernae's full recorded timeline at 2003, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jernae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2006
- Peak year (1988)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Jernae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jernae's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jernae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (63% 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, 1988–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jernae: Baby Name Since 1988 - 16 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jernae. 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 Jernae 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.