Jerrica — girls' name
4,482 babies named Jerrica in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Jerrica was born in this single decade.
437 babies were named Jerrica in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerrica
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,482 babies named Jerrica between 1970 and 2023, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerrica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 437 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerrica performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,984 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerrica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 274 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerrica in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerrica 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 4,482 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.
Jerrica at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerrica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1970
- Peak year (1988)
- 437
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
4,482 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 437 births in a single year.
Jerrica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,984 births that decade — 44% of Jerrica's all-time total
Jerrica decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,984 births
- Runner-up 1,612 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jerrica's strongest decade
1,984 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Jerrica by state
Where Jerrica concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 274 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 260 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 191 | 4.3% |
| #4 | California | | 180 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 176 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 173 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 164 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 155 | 3.5% |
274 of 4,482 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Tennessee 5.8% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.3% of nationwide
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 37 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jerrica appears in 37 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, 1970–2023 (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.