Jerrol — boys' name
307 babies named Jerrol in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Jerrol was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jerrol in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jerrol
The Social Security Administration has registered 307 babies named Jerrol between 1926 and 1994, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerrol currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerrol performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jerrol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jerrol in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jerrol 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 307 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.
Jerrol at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jerrol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1926
- Peak year (1942)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
307 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 17 births in a single year.
Jerrol by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 102 births that decade — 33% of Jerrol's all-time total
Jerrol decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Jerrol's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jerrol by state
Where Jerrol concentrates geographically — total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 307 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.6% 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, 1926–1994 (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.