Jerren — #12686 US boys' name
543 babies named Jerren in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Jerren was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Jerren in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerren
The Social Security Administration has registered 543 babies named Jerren between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerren currently holds the #12686 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerren performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jerren in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerren 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 543 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.
Jerren at a glance
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Current rank
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Jerren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (1988)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #12686 among boys.
543 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 22 births in a single year.
Jerren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 155 births that decade — 29% of Jerren's all-time total
Jerren decade highlights
- Peak decade 155 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jerren's strongest decade
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Jerren by state
Where Jerren concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 543 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.9% 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, 1977–2024 (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.