girls:
1.2k births since 1919
#4557 (20th percentile)
boys:
4.3k births since 1881
#1860 (59th percentile)
overall:
5.4k births since 1881
#3703 (52nd percentile)
The name Jere is the #3,703 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,437 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 52.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,860 (59.4% percentile) for all time with 4,278 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #4,557 (20.3% percentile) for all time with 1,159 births since 1919.
Jere first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1919 for girls). Birth data for Jere is available in 103 out of the 142 years between 1881 and 2022 (103 years for boys and 70 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jere has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Jere were boys.
For boys, Jere reached its peak popularity in 1941, achieving the 24.4% percentile (ranked #398) with 109 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 109 births per million (ranked 24.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Jere reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #732) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 36 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jere".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jere", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 22 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jerry" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jerry..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jere. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.6% confident that Jere is pronounced as JEH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jair, at 14.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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