Boys' name · since 1970
Jerrard
253 babies named Jerrard in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 253
- total births
- 1970–2016
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
Jerrard sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 253 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerrard has been recorded 253 times among boys since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2016.
- 253 total births
- 1970–2016 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerrard's 253 recorded births place it above 74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerrard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jerrard splits its recorded history at 1985: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jerrard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2016
- Peak year (1985)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jerrard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jerrard's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Jerrard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
109 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 109 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Jerrard's decade-level peak was the 1980s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1970–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerrard: Baby Name Since 1970 - 253 Births, Peak 1985." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerrard. 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 Jerrard 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.