Girls' name · since 1991
Jerrisha
Jerrisha has 17 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Jerrisha since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerrisha has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 1996.
- #47,800 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerrisha ranks #47,800 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #47,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jerrisha's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerrisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jerrisha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jerrisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Jerrisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Jerrisha's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jerrisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerrisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jerrisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.