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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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
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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 1964

girls
#3,879
12 births · 1 in 157,905 girls
boys
#980
60 births · 1 in 33,212 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #3,879Jere12

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #980Jere60
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 157,905 of them was named Jere, which outranked 50.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jere
  1. #3,692Wilhelmenia13
  2. #3,692Yalanda13
  3. #3,692Yevonne13
  4. #3,879Jere12
  5. #3,879Adam12
  6. #3,879Adena12
  7. #3,879Aixa12
  8. #4,096Adora11
  9. #4,096Adrena11
  10. #4,096Aggie11

Tied with 216 names at #3,879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 33,212 of them was named Jere, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jere
  1. #973Maxwell61
  2. #973Odis61
  3. #973Terance61
  4. #980Jere60
  5. #980Charlton60
  6. #982Alvaro59
  7. #982Darryll59
  8. #982Dell59

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964