Girls' name · since 1950
Jerona
Since 1950, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Jerona, peaking in 1950. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 15
- total births
- 1950–1980
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
Jerona is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerona has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1980.
- 15 total births
- 1950–1980 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 33% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerona's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerona splits its recorded history at 1963: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births).
Jerona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1980
- Peak year (1950)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1980.
15 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 5 births in a single year.
Jerona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jerona's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jerona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
Jerona decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Jerona's data
- Jerona's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- 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, 1950–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerona: Baby Name Since 1950 - 15 Births, Peak 1950." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerona. 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 Jerona 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.
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