Jerolyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jerolyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 544 babies named Jerolyn between 1927 and 1992, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerolyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jerolyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerolyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerolyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 544 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.