Boys' name · since 1972
Jernard
109 babies named Jernard in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 109
- total births
- 1972–2003
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
109 boys have been named Jernard since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jernard has been recorded 109 times among boys since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2003.
- 109 total births
- 1972–2003 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jernard's 109 recorded births place it above 63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jernard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jernard splits its recorded history at 1987: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jernard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2003
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jernard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jernard's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jernard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 44 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Jernard's decade-level peak was the 1980s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1972–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jernard: Baby Name Since 1972 - 109 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jernard. 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 Jernard 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.