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Jerod

Jerod was most popular in 1980, when 295 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 12,861 for boys.

6,014babies since 1880
1980most popular year
#493best rank, 1980
#12,861rank in 2025

Babies named Jerod each year in the US

Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeBoys
1930s12
1940s6
1950s19
1960s156
1970s1,547
1980s2,270
1990s1,324
2000s506
2010s138
2020s36

Jerod in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Jerod.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1980 1 in 6,047 #12,861
England and Wales 1927 1 in 69,124 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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