Girls' name · since 1946
Jerrolyn
24 babies named Jerrolyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1946
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jerrolyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 24 have been recorded since 1946.
Jerrolyn has 24 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1957.
- #43,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1946
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerrolyn ranks #43,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1946, peaking in the 1940s.
- #43,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1946
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jerrolyn's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerrolyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jerrolyn's SSA record in two at 1947 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1946 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jerrolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1957
- Peak year (1946)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jerrolyn by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (19 births, 79% of the file).
1940s was Jerrolyn's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Jerrolyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Jerrolyn's decade-level peak was the 1940s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerrolyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1946–1957 (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 Jerrolyn 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.