Jerra — girls' name
522 babies named Jerra in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Jerra was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jerra in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerra
The Social Security Administration has registered 522 babies named Jerra between 1941 and 2017, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jerra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jerra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerra 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 522 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.
Jerra at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1941
- Peak year (1986)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
522 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 19 births in a single year.
Jerra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 112 births that decade — 21% of Jerra's all-time total
Jerra decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 110 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jerra's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Jerra by state
Where Jerra concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 522 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 1.0% 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, 1941–2017 (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.