Girls' name · since 2003
Jernie
Jernie has 119 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 119
- total births
- 2003–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
119 girls have been named Jernie since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jernie recorded 119 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2023.
- 119 total births
- 2003–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 66% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jernie's 119 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jernie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jernie's full recorded timeline at 2014, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jernie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2023
- Peak year (2019)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jernie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jernie's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Jernie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Jernie's decade-level peak was the 2010s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- 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, 2003–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jernie: Baby Name Since 2003 - 119 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jernie. 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 Jernie 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.