Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jerlene

#7,450 most common girls' name of all time · #12,494 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–1988

Rank among girls
#7,450
Rank overall
#12,494 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
924
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #1,540
Best rank
#1,232 1937
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1920194019601980

Jerlene first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1988 6 — 6 #10,536
1982 5 — 5 #10,720
1972 5 — 5 #8,507
1971 8 — 8 #6,139
1970 8 — 8 #5,945
1966 13 — 13 #3,618
1965 5 — 5 #6,767
1963 6 — 6 #6,102
1961 9 — 9 #4,669
1959 10 — 10 #4,136
1958 14 — 14 #3,302
1957 9 — 9 #4,330
1956 18 — 18 #2,776
1955 11 — 11 #3,680
1954 13 — 13 #3,242
1953 16 — 16 #2,772
1952 20 — 20 #2,377
1951 19 — 19 #2,366
1950 24 — 24 #1,988
1949 27 — 27 #1,871
1948 31 — 31 #1,697
1947 38 — 38 #1,540
1946 31 — 31 #1,610
1945 37 — 37 #1,328
1944 23 — 23 #1,791
1943 33 — 33 #1,463
1942 30 — 30 #1,521
1941 27 — 27 #1,527
1940 32 — 32 #1,340
1939 34 — 34 #1,282
1938 27 — 27 #1,470
1937 35 — 35 #1,232
1936 32 — 32 #1,292
1935 32 — 32 #1,302
1934 23 — 23 #1,600
1933 23 — 23 #1,602
1932 25 — 25 #1,563
1931 19 — 19 #1,867
1930 21 — 21 #1,812
1929 20 — 20 #1,886
1928 13 — 13 #2,603
1927 13 — 13 #2,680
1926 15 — 15 #2,464
1925 9 — 9 #3,613
1924 10 — 10 #3,357
1923 13 — 13 #2,721
1922 7 — 7 #4,302
1921 7 — 7 #4,327
1920 8 — 8 #3,860
1919 5 — 5 #5,193
1915 5 — 5 #4,799