Jerone — boys' name
1,328 babies named Jerone in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
1,328 boys have been named Jerone since 1922, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2018.
- 1,328
- total births
- 1922–2018
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 18%
- born in that decade
18% of everyone ever named Jerone was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Jerone in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerone
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,328 babies named Jerone between 1922 and 2018, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerone currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerone performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jerone shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerone in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerone 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 1,328 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.
Jerone at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerone popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1922
- Peak year (1980)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
1,328 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 33 births in a single year.
Jerone by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 234 births that decade — 18% of Jerone's all-time total
Jerone decade highlights
- Peak decade 234 births
- Runner-up 223 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jerone's strongest decade
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Jerone by state
Where Jerone concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 2.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
26 of 1,328 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.5% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.