Jeryl

Last seen for girls in 1978 at #8,562 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 56.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1955 · 155 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,029
since 1931

Jeryl over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #768, 1955peak #1,559, 1948girlsboys
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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#10,8216
2022
2021
2020#12,0225
2019
2018#9,6707
2017
2016#10,7446
2015#10,6446
2014#9,6427
2013#12,1365
2012
2011#12,2875
2010#12,2315
2009
2008
2007
2006#8,7328
2005#9,1157
2004#11,3565
2003#8,6437
2002
2001
2000
1999#8,7046
1998#8,4796
1997#8,1106
1996
1995
1994#5,8689
1993#8,7005
1992
1991#6,5197
1990#6,4157
1989#5,1659
1988#5,7517
1987#6,9515
1986#4,4579
1985#5,1477
1984#4,9737
1983#4,1419
1982#5,0037
1981#3,41212
1980#3,09814
1979#5,3556
1978#8,5626#4,5547
1977#4,1648
1976#3,26411
1975#7,9846#3,9418
1974#8,7755#2,94612
1973#2,51315
1972#8,2925#3,3449
1971#7,3886#2,81312
1970#3,07110
1969#3,95813#2,30814
1968#4,22211#2,57611
1967#4,05311#2,47011
1966#1,38563#1,75719
1965#1,37964#1,91817
1964#3,00018#2,8549
1963#4,01911#2,53911
1962#2,81419#3,0418
1961#3,06017#2,07016
1960#2,51223#2,42312
1959#1,91834#2,11115
1958#1,36460#1,89618
1957#1,57047#1,95217
1956#1,24969#1,64223
1955#768155#2,21913
1954#1,03989#2,04415
1953#1,67135#2,39111
1952#1,46943#1,58223
1951#2,69415#1,97215
1950#1,72030#1,94115
1949#2,51416#1,61621
1948#1,85826#1,55922
1947#1,86327#1,98815
1946#2,59714#2,14312
1945#1,82521#1,85214
1944#2,94610#1,57419
1943#2,86111#1,98614
1942#3,7387#3,5605
1941#3,9546#2,08312
1940#3,5037#3,4595
1939#2,9229#2,8297
1938#3,5345
1937#3,4347#2,33210
1936#3,5495
1935#3,2526
1934#3,6795
1933#2,7388
1932#3,9016#3,7765
1931#3,4977#3,7635
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1924#4,3475
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First appearance
1931

The first year at least five girls were named Jeryl! It came in at #3,497, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1933–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jeryl
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
  • Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1955 (#1,039#768)
  • Biggest drop: 481 spots in 1956 (#768#1,249)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1931
  • Peaked 1955 at #768 (155 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,615
  • Highest: 1 in 12,615 girls born in 1955 were named Jeryl (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 255,310 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 56.1% of all girls named Jeryl (577) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
  • Mostly girls until 1968, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s29#2,922 (1939)#3,439
1940s145#1,825 (1945)#2,766
1950s577#768 (1955)#1,546
1960s250#1,379 (1965)#3,040
1970s28#7,388 (1971)#8,200

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jeryl in 1954

girls
#1,039
89 births · 1 in 21,819 girls
boys
#2,044
15 births · 1 in 135,917 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. #1,039Jeryl89

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. #2,044Jeryl15
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 21,819 of them was named Jeryl, which outranked 84.3% 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 Jeryl
  1. #1,033Melodye90
  2. #1,033Pauletta90
  3. #1,033Ruthann90
  4. #1,039Jeryl89
  5. #1,039Alva89
  6. #1,039Debbi89
  7. #1,039Evangelina89
  8. #1,045Cherrie88
  9. #1,045Clementine88
  10. #1,045Doretta88

Tied with 5 names at #1,039; 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 135,917 of them was named Jeryl, which outranked 53.1% 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 Jeryl
  1. #1,956Veryl16
  2. #1,956Vickie16
  3. #1,956Worth16
  4. #2,044Jeryl15
  5. #2,044Alain15
  6. #2,044Alexandro15
  7. #2,044Americo15
  8. #2,114Algie14
  9. #2,114Alma14
  10. #2,114Alois14

Tied with 69 names at #2,044; 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