girls:
105 births since 1931
#5611 (2nd percentile)
boys:
145 births since 1943
#4441 (3rd percentile)
overall:
250 births since 1931
#7489 (3rd percentile)
The name Jerris is the #7,489 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 250 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,441 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 145 births since 1943. For girls, it ranks #5,611 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1931.
Jerris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for girls and 1943 for boys). Birth data for Jerris is available in 37 out of the 75 years between 1931 and 2005 (22 years for boys and 16 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 Jerris has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.0% of all recorded births). In 2005, 100.0% of babies named Jerris were boys. Interestingly, until around 1970, the name was more popular for girls (75.8% girls from 1931 to 1969), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (95.8% boys from 1970 to 2005).
For boys, Jerris reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #677) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
For girls, Jerris reached its peak popularity in 1945, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #608) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1945, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1975.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jerris".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jerris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Jerris is pronounced as JEH-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JER-ruhs, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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