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Jere

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Yahweh will raise, through Jeremias

Jere has been given to 5,437 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1941, with 137 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% boys, 21% girls all-time.

Babies named Jere, 2022

1 in 677,000

Jere over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jere over time

In 2022, Jere went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jere: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh will raise, through Jeremias

Biblical Hebrew

What Jere means

Jere belongs to the name family reached through Jere → Jeremias. Its meaning is “Yahweh will raise”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jere is used in Finnish. Its origins include Biblical Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jeremias.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Jere is pronounced /ˈjere/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,278 boys were recorded with the name Jere between 1881 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 137 in 1941; its best national rank was #498 in 1941.

In the United States, 1,159 girls were recorded with the name Jere between 1919 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 66 in 1982; its best national rank was #1,422 in 1947.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jere?

Jere had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 677,000
5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 349,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
469,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jere sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jere. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jeres were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jere was born before 1948 — so the typical Jere is around 77 today.

Median birth year
1948
About 77 years old
Biggest decade
1940s
23.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
2.4%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,020
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1940s — 23.8% of all recorded uses (1,018).

Is Jere rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1941 (137)
Years since peak
84
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
46.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#498
1941

Spellings of Jere

Jere is not the most common spelling — Jerry is, with 13.7% against Jere's 0.10%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jere is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jere was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 71,030 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

012 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 8,333
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in 16,667
  3. 3Georgia1 in 50,000
  4. 4California1 in 100,000
  5. 5Kansas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Maine1 in 100,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jere has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jere is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jere was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 711,346 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Louisiana1 in —
  4. 4New Jersey1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Tennessee1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jere has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Jere

People whose public names include Jere, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jere by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#498
1941
Peak year
1941
137 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
4,278
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,422
1947
Peak year
1982
66 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
1,159
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jere

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JeredJerelJerodJeronJeromyJeradJeriahJeremieJerrodJerronJerellJeremiJermiahJerichoJermelJersonJerrellJeramyJerielJeranJerrickJermainJerickJeramiah

Names with a curve like Jere

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jere, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GearldGeroldDickiePatriciaLynwoodBarbaraJeroldNancyGlynnDaroldGaylonWindell

Sibling names for Jere

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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