first name
JERE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,550 people named Jere, 86.8% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Black and 2.5% as two or more races. 75.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jere peaked in 1941, when 166 babies got the name.
At least 5,437 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Jere by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,217. The largest share of babies named Jere, 38%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jere is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jere has been most common in Tennessee (12×), Pennsylvania (5.9×), and Georgia (1.6×), and least common in New York (0.44×).
1,834 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jere, most common first.
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