Holding steady, #13,208 for girls today.
Popularity of Jeralyn since 1930
Babies named Jeralyn per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1961, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Jeralyn's real moment was 1942.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 72 |
| 1940s | 185 |
| 1950s | 216 |
| 1960s | 218 |
| 1970s | 116 |
| 1980s | 130 |
| 1990s | 142 |
| 2000s | 155 |
| 2010s | 87 |
| 2020s | 13 |
Meaning & origin
Jeralyn is a modern American invention from the 20th century, first recorded in 1930. Its peak year was 1942, when it was most popular during the naming trends of the 1940s. As of 2025, the name is quite rare, occurring in about 1 in 267,878 births and placing at rank 13,208. The name is classified as stable in usage, meaning it has not seen a recent resurgence or decline. Though it does not rank in any specific state's top names, Jeralyn reflects the mid-century American fashion for blending name elements into distinctive, feminine forms like other -lyn endings. Its etymology is uncertain, but it likely combines the familiar Jer- prefix with the popular suffix -lyn, mirroring patterns seen in names like Geraldine and Marilyn.
Jeralyn is a modern invented name, formed by blending the popular mid-20th-century elements Jer- (as in Jerry, a diminutive of Gerald or Jerome) and the feminine suffix -lyn (a variant of -lin or -lynn). It first appeared in U.S. birth records around 1930 and saw moderate use through the 1940s, fitting the era's trend of combining familiar name parts into new, melodic feminine names.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Jeri, Lyn, Jerry
Sibling names for Jeralyn
Names that share Jeralyn's style, for a brother or sister.
