Boys' name · since 1936
Jery
116 babies named Jery in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 116
- total births
- 1936–1992
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
116 boys have been named Jery since 1936, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jery recorded 116 times among boys since 1936, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1992.
- 116 total births
- 1936–1992 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 31% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jery's 116 recorded births place it above 64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jery splits its recorded history at 1964: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1936 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1992
- Peak year (1960)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Jery by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Jery's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
24 births
- 1960s
1960s
36 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 36 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Jery's decade-level peak was the 1960s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1936–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jery: Baby Name Since 1936 - 116 Births, Peak 1960." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jery. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jery 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 July 2026.