Gerry

Where Gerry comes from

Clipping + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gerry
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #966 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Gerry Anderson born
    English television creator and filmmaker
  3. 1940
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1942
    Peak, #335
    330 babies named Gerry — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1956
    Gerry Peyton born
    association football coach and former player
  6. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #619.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Gerald and Gerard.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine.
Namesakes
  • Gerry Peyton · association football coach and former player, born 1956
  • Gerry Anderson · English television creator and filmmaker, 1929–2012
  • Gerry Hitchens · English footballer, 1934–1983
  • Gerry Bamman · American actor, born 1941
  • Gerry Ashmore · British racing driver, 1936–2021

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.