Boys' name · since 1987
Jeryd
Jeryd has 18 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 18
- total births
- 1987–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
Jeryd sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 18 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeryd has been recorded 18 times among boys since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1995.
- 18 total births
- 1987–1995 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeryd's 18 recorded births place it above 34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeryd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeryd splits its recorded history at 1991: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (6 births).
Jeryd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1995
- Peak year (1987)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Jeryd by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jeryd's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jeryd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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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, 1987–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeryd: Baby Name Since 1987 - 18 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeryd. 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 Jeryd 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.