Jerritt — boys' name
152 babies named Jerritt in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
152 boys have been named Jerritt since 1968, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2016.
- 152
- total births
- 1968–2016
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Jerritt was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Jerritt in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerritt
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Jerritt between 1968 and 2016, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerritt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerritt performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jerritt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerritt 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 152 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.
Jerritt at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerritt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1968
- Peak year (1980)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
152 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 18 births in a single year.
Jerritt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 77 births that decade — 51% of Jerritt's all-time total
Jerritt decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jerritt's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1968–2016 (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.