Jerre — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerre

The Social Security Administration has registered 795 babies named Jerre between 1914 and 1984, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerre currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Jerre is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 617 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerre performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jerre shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jerre in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerre 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 795 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.