Boys' name · since 1973
Jerran
Jerran has 202 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 202
- total births
- 1973–2016
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Jerran is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 202 have been recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerran has been recorded 202 times among boys since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2016.
- 202 total births
- 1973–2016 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerran's 202 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jerran's full recorded timeline at 2000, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jerran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2016
- Peak year (1990)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jerran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jerran's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jerran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 72 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Jerran's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (72 total births) through the 2010s (29) -- 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, 1973–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerran: Baby Name Since 1973 - 202 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerran. 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 Jerran 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.