Girls' name · since 1920
Jeroldine
Jeroldine has 51 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1940 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 51
- total births
- 1920–1946
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
Jeroldine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 51 recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeroldine has been recorded 51 times among girls since 1920, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1946.
- 51 total births
- 1920–1946 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeroldine's 51 recorded births place it above 52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeroldine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeroldine splits its recorded history at 1937: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1940 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeroldine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1946
- Peak year (1940)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Jeroldine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Jeroldine's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Jeroldine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
22 births
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 22 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Jeroldine's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 1940s (19) -- 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, 1920–1946 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeroldine: Baby Name Since 1920 - 51 Births, Peak 1940." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeroldine. 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 Jeroldine 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.