Recorded 1981–2018 Girls' name Peak 1983 123 births

Jury — girls' name

123 babies named Jury in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s631990s332000s102010s17
1980s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Jury was born in this single decade.

1983
Single peak year

16 babies were named Jury in 1983 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jury

The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Jury between 1981 and 2018, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jury currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jury performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jury shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jury in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jury 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 123 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.

Jury at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

123

Since 1981

38 years of records

Peak year

1983

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1981

Recorded for 38 years

Last year on file: 2018

Jury popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1981

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1983)
16
Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
05101520 2018200419931990198619821981 8

Jury popularity over time — boys

6 total births recorded since 2014 (Jury as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 6 births
6 2014 6

Jury by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
63 births that decade — 51% of Jury's all-time total
1980s631990s332000s102010s17

Jury by state

Where Jury concentrates geographically — total births since 1981

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Jury
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
17 13.8%
#2 New York
5 4.1%
California share of Jury's total US births 13.8%
Even split

17 of 123 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jury?
123 babies have been named Jury since 1981. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1983 with 16 births.
When was Jury most popular?
Jury was most popular in the 1980s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 1983.
Where is Jury most popular?
The top states for the name Jury are California (17 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Jury been used?
Jury has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 38 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Jury?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jurnee, Jurni, Jurnie, Juri, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1981–2018 (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.