Jerilyn
Jerilyn was the 12475th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1942, when it ranked 397th with 325 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,348 places. More babies were named Jerilyn in the 1940s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,475 girls, down 936 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1942325 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,251babies recorded
Jerilyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,475 | 7 |
| 2020 | #11,539 | 8 |
| 2010 | #10,772 | 10 |
| 2000 | #5,805 | 19 |
| 1990 | #3,184 | 35 |
| 1980 | #1,681 | 68 |
| 1970 | #1,424 | 73 |
| 1960 | #1,169 | 87 |
| 1950 | #910 | 96 |
| 1940 | #2,841 | 10 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jerilyn, counting every spelling?
Jerilyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 7 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 7 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
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Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jerilyn?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jerilyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jerilyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jerilyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jerilyn?
About 4,200 people born in the US named Jerilyn are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 46 and 74. That makes Jerilyn a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jerilyn by state
How common Jerilyn was among girls born in each state in 1940–1944, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (3.0×), Minnesota (2.2×), Wisconsin (2.0×), Michigan (1.7×), New Jersey (1.7×). In 32 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jerilyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jerilyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jerilyn
How popular is the name Jerilyn?
Jerilyn was the 12475th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1942, when it ranked 397th with 325 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,348 places. More babies were named Jerilyn in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Jerilyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jerilyn in the US.
Where was Jerilyn most popular?
In 1940–1944, Jerilyn was most common in Iowa (0.37 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin.