Jere
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 78.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 137 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,278since 1881
Jere over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #1,703 | 66 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #1,659 | 29 |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,252 | 40 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #948 | 58 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,081 | 47 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #980 | 60 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #899 | 69 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #973 | 61 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | #842 | 83 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | #951 | 63 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #854 | 79 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | #877 | 74 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 | #889 | 72 |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | #785 | 89 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | #728 | 100 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #788 | 83 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | #805 | 79 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | #729 | 93 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #672 | 108 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | #664 | 110 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #754 | 83 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 | #722 | 86 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | #624 | 120 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | #663 | 95 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | #782 | 62 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | #614 | 100 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #594 | 113 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | #598 | 110 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | #498 | 137 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 | #560 | 112 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | #594 | 95 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | #527 | 122 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #609 | 91 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | #690 | 73 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #566 | 104 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #611 | 94 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | #685 | 75 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | #657 | 86 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #800 | 61 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #873 | 57 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #923 | 53 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #992 | 48 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,980 | 17 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
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| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Jere! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jere is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#219 · 1 in 1,933
- Pennsylvania#289 · 1 in 5,277
- Illinois#369 · 1 in 6,910
- Michigan#410 · 1 in 8,719
- California#434 · 1 in 6,836
Best ever in a state: #172 in Maine, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #219 | 14 | 1 in 1,933 |
| Pennsylvania | #289 | 14 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Illinois | #369 | 8 | 1 in 6,910 |
| Michigan | #410 | 5 | 1 in 8,719 |
| California | #434 | 7 | 1 in 6,836 |
| Texas | #813 | 5 | 1 in 11,773 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
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| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
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| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jere
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1967 (#1,216 → #948)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1968 (#948 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1941 at #498 (137 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1928–1964
- Highest: 1 in 8,966 boys born in 1941 were named Jere (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 23.8% of all boys named Jere (1,018) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #866 (1881) | #866 |
| 1890s | 7 | #861 (1892) | #861 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 91 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,096 |
| 1920s | 279 | #923 (1929) | #1,551 |
| 1930s | 858 | #527 (1938) | #661 |
| 1940s | 1,018 | #498 (1941) | #641 |
| 1950s | 887 | #664 (1950) | #779 |
| 1960s | 562 | #842 (1961) | #1,029 |
| 1970s | 234 | #1,260 (1970) | #2,119 |
| 1980s | 160 | #2,341 (1982) | #3,070 |
| 1990s | 88 | #4,231 (1991) | #5,723 |
| 2000s | 61 | #6,013 (2001) | #9,622 |
| 2010s | 18 | #9,655 (2013) | #10,877 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,176 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jere in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 42,177 of them was named Jere, which outranked 70.2% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,424Tonia27
- #1,424Veola27
- #1,424Vinnie27
- #1,474Jere26
- #1,474Adelle26
- #1,474Amparo26
- #1,474Candace26
- #1,514Alexandria25
- #1,514Bella25
- #1,514Caren25
Tied with 39 names at #1,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 11,651 of them was named Jere, which outranked 85.0% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).