Girls' name · since 1944
Jerralyn
14 babies named Jerralyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
14 girls have been named Jerralyn since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jerralyn has 14 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1972.
- #50,527 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 14 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerralyn ranks #50,527 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #50,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jerralyn's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerralyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerralyn splits its recorded history at 1972: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jerralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jerralyn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (9 births, 64% of the file).
1970s was Jerralyn's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Jerralyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 9 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerralyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1944–1972 (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 Jerralyn 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.