Jeryl
Jeryl was last recorded in 2023, when 6 babies were given it; 1,831 Americans have been recorded with it between 1924 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,370 Americans named Jeryl and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 58 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeryl by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeryl mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeryl is “a unisex given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeryl?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #8,976, in 1978; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
168 babies in 1955, the peak
Jeryl peaked in 1955, when 168 babies were given it (155 girls, #769 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | under 5 | 6 | #11,457 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 5 | #12,957 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 7 | #10,131 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 6 | #11,346 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 6 | #11,322 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 7 | #10,123 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,001 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #13,213 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 5 | #13,174 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 8 | #9,092 |
Every recorded year (80)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,572 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 5 | #12,198 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 7 | #9,107 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 6 | #9,236 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 6 | #8,990 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 6 | #8,644 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 9 | #6,067 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 5 | #9,380 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 7 | #6,864 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 7 | #6,757 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 9 | #5,361 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 7 | #6,074 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 5 | #7,492 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 9 | #4,641 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 7 | #5,416 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 7 | #5,230 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 9 | #4,305 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 7 | #5,291 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 12 | #3,501 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 14 | #3,169 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 6 | #5,681 | |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,976 | 7 | #4,769 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 8 | #4,360 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 11 | #3,368 | |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,402 | 8 | #4,107 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,307 | 12 | #3,033 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 15 | #2,550 | |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,796 | 9 | #3,472 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,757 | 12 | #2,889 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 10 | #3,166 | |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,045 | 14 | #2,358 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,320 | 11 | #2,653 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,151 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1966 | 63 | #1,392 | 19 | #1,786 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,381 | 17 | #1,958 |
| 1964 | 18 | #3,042 | 9 | #2,955 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,119 | 11 | #2,602 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,855 | 8 | #3,166 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,109 | 16 | #2,100 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,536 | 12 | #2,474 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,935 | 15 | #2,158 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,369 | 18 | #1,928 |
| 1957 | 47 | #1,576 | 17 | #1,988 |
| 1956 | 69 | #1,252 | 23 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 155 | #769 | 13 | #2,257 |
| 1954 | 89 | #1,041 | 15 | #2,079 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,690 | 11 | #2,455 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,476 | 23 | #1,598 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,740 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,740 | 15 | #1,974 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,566 | 21 | #1,641 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,875 | 22 | #1,585 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,877 | 15 | #2,026 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,668 | 12 | #2,204 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,850 | 14 | #1,890 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,032 | 19 | #1,606 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,941 | 14 | #2,028 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,909 | 5 | #3,817 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,176 | 12 | #2,141 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,661 | 5 | #3,698 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,013 | 7 | #2,977 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 5 | #3,778 | |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,603 | 10 | #2,395 |
| 1936 | under 5 | 5 | #3,803 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 6 | #3,444 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 5 | #3,927 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 8 | #2,863 | |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,141 | 5 | #4,033 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,668 | 5 | #4,044 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 5 | #4,663 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jeryl a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,831 Americans recorded as Jeryl, 56% are girls and 44% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jeryl: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeryl, and how old are they?
1,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 1,831 Americans ever recorded as Jeryl. The median Jeryl alive today is 68 years old; half are between 58 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,484 people named Jeryl (878 women and girls, 606 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,486 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 74 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 773 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 332 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 95 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 54 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 42 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jeryl born?
The states with the most babies named Jeryl are New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with 69% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 153 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 48 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 37 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 27 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 24 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 13 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Connecticut | 7 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 6 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jeryl with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jeryl
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jeryl and names like it
- Compare Jeryl and LynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJeryl peaked in 1955.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeryl since 1910.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Jeryl.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jeryl alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.