Jeralyn
Jeralyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196128 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1930
- 1,328people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,328 girls have been named Jeralyn in the United States since 1930, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 28 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 28 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 16%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jeralyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 72 | |
| 1940s | 185 | |
| 1950s | 216 | |
| 1960s | 218 | |
| 1970s | 116 | |
| 1980s | 130 | |
| 1990s | 142 | |
| 2000s | 155 | |
| 2010s | 87 | |
| 2020s | 7 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Jeralyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Jeralyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Juliannpeak 1961
- Dianapeak 1957
- Sharlynpeak 1948
- Raylenepeak 1961
- Lynnapeak 1963
- Irishpeak 1960
- Raelenepeak 1959
- Charlynpeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.