Jeren
Jeren is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Branko Jeren, Croatian engineer and politician Jeren Kendall, American baseball player Jeren Kurbanklycheva, Turkmen composer
Meaning & Origin of Jeren
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jeren is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Branko Jeren, Croatian engineer and politician Jeren Kendall, American baseball player Jeren Kurbanklycheva, Turkmen composer
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The Story of Jeren
Jeren first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2003, when 20 Jerens were born — ranking #4,114 that year. As of 2026, Jeren ranks #8,914 for baby boys with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 419 Jerens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Jeren
Jeren is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 419 births in the dataset. Jeren's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #4,114. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeren's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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