Girls' name · since 2000
Jerni
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 143 babies named Jerni, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,958 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
143 babies have been named Jerni since 2000, making it today's #13958 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerni has been recorded 143 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #13958 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #23,275 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,958 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerni ranks #23,275 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,958 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 143 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,958 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jerni's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jerni compares
143 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jerni's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jerni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jerni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jerni's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jerni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Jerni by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Jerni's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jerni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jerni's decade-level peak was the 2010s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jerni 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 August 2026.