Jerrod — #6871 US boys' name
9,351 babies named Jerrod in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Jerrod was born in this single decade.
372 babies were named Jerrod in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerrod
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,351 babies named Jerrod between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerrod currently holds the #6871 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 372 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerrod performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,402 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jerrod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 908 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerrod in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerrod 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 9,351 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.
Jerrod at a glance
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Current rank
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Jerrod popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1945
- Peak year (1983)
- 372
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
Currently ranks #6871 among boys.
9,351 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 372 births in a single year.
Jerrod popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1982 (Jerrod as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jerrod accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jerrod by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 3,402 births that decade — 36% of Jerrod's all-time total
Jerrod decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,402 births
- Runner-up 2,325 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jerrod's strongest decade
3,402 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Jerrod by state
Where Jerrod concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 908 | 9.7% |
| #2 | California | | 651 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 594 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 433 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 371 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 331 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 283 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 238 | 2.5% |
908 of 9,351 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jerrod appears in 40 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, 1945–2024 (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.