Girls' name · since 1974
Jeronica
Jeronica has 179 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 179
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jeronica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 179 have been recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Jeronica recorded 179 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2000.
- #20,959 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 179 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeronica ranks #20,959 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 179 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 179
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jeronica's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeronica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jeronica's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jeronica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2000
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Jeronica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Jeronica's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jeronica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Jeronica's decade-level peak was the 1980s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jeronica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1974–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jeronica 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 August 2026.