Jerrilynn — girls' name
373 babies named Jerrilynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Jerrilynn was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Jerrilynn in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerrilynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Jerrilynn between 1941 and 2015, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jerrilynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerrilynn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jerrilynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerrilynn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerrilynn 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 373 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.
Jerrilynn at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerrilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1941
- Peak year (1942)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
373 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 38 births in a single year.
Jerrilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 126 births that decade — 34% of Jerrilynn's all-time total
Jerrilynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Jerrilynn's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Jerrilynn by state
Where Jerrilynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.3% 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, 1941–2015 (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.