How Many People Are Named Jera?
An estimated 726 people in the United States have the first name Jera. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Jera peaked in popularity in 1980 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Jera as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Jera paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
726
About 1 in 472,113 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1980
27 births
Total Registered
769
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Jera
Jera is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 769 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Jera as a female name
Ranked #14,175 in 2023
6 female births in 2023
Peak: 1980 (27 births)
Jera: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Jera span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 195 babies were registered. Jera has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Jera by Decade
How has Jera tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Jera by State
Jera + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Jera as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Jera
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Jera: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jera?
We estimate approximately 726 people named Jera are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 472,113 Americans share this first name.
Is Jera a common name?
Jera is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 87.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 769 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Jera most popular?
Jera reached peak popularity in 1980, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Jera is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Jera a female name?
Jera is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Jera Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Jera Smith, Jera Johnson, Jera Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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