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

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Peak · boys
1941 · 137 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,278
since 1881

Jere over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #1,413, 1947peak #498, 1941girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#12,0225
2019
2018
2017
2016#10,7446
2015
2014
2013#9,6557
2012
2011
2010#12,2315
2009
2008#9,8717
2007#12,3675
2006#12,0555
2005#8,2998
2004#16,0995#11,3565
2003#8,6437
2002#7,6438
2001#6,01311
2000#10,3495
1999
1998#11,1387#5,15912
1997#12,0706#7,2817
1996#4,61313
1995#13,3865#6,9927
1994#11,7786#5,45210
1993#4,69712
1992#6,6707
1991#11,5096#4,23113
1990#8,5019#6,4157
1989#7,44910#4,27112
1988#11,7985#3,20316
1987#7,3539#4,23910
1986#6,61210#3,00516
1985#8,3187#3,07015
1984#4,16618#2,70617
1983#2,65933#2,67617
1982#1,70366#2,34121
1981#9,1106#2,56918
1980#7,4188#2,61718
1979#10,2105#2,56818
1978#8,5626#2,92914
1977#2,66516
1976#6,6118#2,70915
1975#7,9846#2,20520
1974#5,7769#1,65929
1973#1,92822
1972#1,60329
1971#4,81011#1,66828
1970#7,0706#1,26043
1969#4,41811#1,25240
1968#4,00012#1,14743
1967#3,84512#94858
1966#2,83919#1,21638
1965#4,4949#1,08147
1964#3,87912#98060
1963#4,01911#89969
1962#4,01111#97361
1961#2,47424#84283
1960#2,82019#95163
1959#4,03110#85479
1958#2,20926#87774
1957#2,21825#88972
1956#1,69339#78589
1955#1,53744#728100
1954#2,07626#78883
1953#2,17323#80579
1952#1,93427#72993
1951#2,18221#672108
1950#1,95524#664110
1949#2,01323#75483
1948#1,82027#72286
1947#1,41343#624120
1946#1,77126#66395
1945#1,74323#78262
1944#1,60926#614100
1943#1,70325#594113
1942#1,91720#598110
1941#1,44629#498137
1940#1,47727#560112
1939#1,47426#59495
1938#1,80519#527122
1937#1,99916#60991
1936#1,69120#69073
1935#2,30513#566104
1934#2,18714#61194
1933#1,65821#68575
1932#1,95717#65786
1931#2,9729#80061
1930#2,30614#87357
1929#2,43713#92353
1928#3,1649#99248
1927#4,2866#1,24834
1926#3,2699#2,07415
1925#1,53424
1924#1,62823
1923#4,3766#1,64422
1922#1,43427
1921#1,98017
1920#2,05216
1919#4,2516#1,62421
1918#2,07315
1917#2,42311
1916#2,38911
1915#2,18412
1914#2,2719
1913
1912#2,2696
1911#1,5376
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1892#8617
1891
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1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

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.

See more about Jere
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1941 at #498 (137 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1928–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,966
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 23.8% of all boys named Jere (1,018) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2005
  • Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#866 (1881)#866
1890s7#861 (1892)#861
1900s0
1910s91#1,537 (1911)#2,096
1920s279#923 (1929)#1,551
1930s858#527 (1938)#661
1940s1,018#498 (1941)#641
1950s887#664 (1950)#779
1960s562#842 (1961)#1,029
1970s234#1,260 (1970)#2,119
1980s160#2,341 (1982)#3,070
1990s88#4,231 (1991)#5,723
2000s61#6,013 (2001)#9,622
2010s18#9,655 (2013)#10,877
2020s10#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 1954

girls
#2,076
26 births · 1 in 74,689 girls
boys
#788
83 births · 1 in 24,563 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #2,076Jere26

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #788Jere83
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 74,689 of them was named Jere, which outranked 68.7% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jere
  1. #2,027Vivienne27
  2. #2,027Vonna27
  3. #2,027Yvonna27
  4. #2,076Jere26
  5. #2,076Bonnita26
  6. #2,076Candie26
  7. #2,076Caprice26
  8. #2,122Adelia25
  9. #2,122Adriane25
  10. #2,122Ardell25

Tied with 45 names at #2,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 24,563 of them was named Jere, which outranked 81.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jere
  1. #778Sherwood84
  2. #778Vicente84
  3. #778Von84
  4. #788Jere83
  5. #788Cleo83
  6. #788Emmitt83
  7. #788Garold83
  8. #795Bret82
  9. #795Elroy82
  10. #795Faron82

Tied with 6 names at #788; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954