Jerri — #15452 US girls' name
15,500 babies named Jerri in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Jerri was born in this single decade.
565 babies were named Jerri in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerri
The Social Security Administration has registered 15,500 babies named Jerri between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerri currently holds the #15452 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 565 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerri performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 4,925 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jerri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,370 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerri in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerri 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 15,500 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.
Jerri at a glance
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Current rank
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Jerri popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (1957)
- 565
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #15452 among girls.
15,500 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 565 births in a single year.
Jerri popularity over time — boys
279 total births recorded since 1943 (Jerri as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jerri accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jerri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 4,925 births that decade — 32% of Jerri's all-time total
Jerri decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,925 births
- Runner-up 4,215 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Jerri's strongest decade
4,925 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Jerri by state
Where Jerri concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,370 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 1,248 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 802 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 614 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 612 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 606 | 3.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 551 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 500 | 3.2% |
1,370 of 15,500 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.8% of nationwide
- California 8.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
- Indiana 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jerri appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1924–2024 (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.