Gerry
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 68.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 330 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,468since 1904
Gerry over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,485 | 16 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,127 | 24 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,022 | 34 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,755 | 34 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,520 | 38 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,219 | 26 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,510 | 35 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,899 | 51 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,260 | 37 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,655 | 58 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #1,460 | 64 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,328 | 72 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #1,482 | 59 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,294 | 73 |
| 1989 | — | #1,268 | 73 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,164 | 75 |
| 1987 | — | #1,161 | 68 | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,144 | 68 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,057 | 76 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #1,042 | 73 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #995 | 79 |
| 1982 | — | #861 | 107 | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #938 | 91 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #911 | 95 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #842 | 105 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #795 | 114 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #834 | 104 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #815 | 105 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #774 | 114 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #740 | 120 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | #719 | 125 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | #619 | 161 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | #582 | 198 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | #578 | 194 |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | #510 | 233 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | #528 | 209 |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | #490 | 233 |
| 1966 | #1,859 | 38 | #479 | 258 |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 | #452 | 294 |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 | #462 | 297 |
| 1963 | #1,580 | 51 | #463 | 290 |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 | #438 | 327 |
| 1961 | #1,288 | 74 | #407 | 376 |
| 1960 | #1,081 | 99 | #383 | 426 |
| 1959 | #921 | 128 | #353 | 484 |
| 1958 | #985 | 111 | #336 | 523 |
| 1957 | #924 | 123 | #336 | 514 |
| 1956 | #1,012 | 102 | #347 | 453 |
| 1955 | #938 | 110 | #367 | 393 |
| 1954 | #897 | 114 | #392 | 336 |
| 1953 | #860 | 118 | #378 | 335 |
| 1952 | #770 | 134 | #389 | 312 |
| 1951 | #701 | 155 | #422 | 259 |
| 1950 | #693 | 154 | #396 | 291 |
| 1949 | #607 | 184 | #386 | 302 |
| 1948 | #574 | 212 | #370 | 335 |
| 1947 | #557 | 233 | #353 | 375 |
| 1946 | #564 | 199 | #353 | 336 |
| 1945 | #515 | 198 | #358 | 276 |
| 1944 | #537 | 182 | #353 | 285 |
| 1943 | #468 | 250 | #371 | 273 |
| 1942 | #472 | 243 | #335 | 330 |
| 1941 | #506 | 187 | #377 | 235 |
| 1940 | #507 | 186 | #387 | 216 |
| 1939 | #471 | 200 | #438 | 169 |
| 1938 | #505 | 175 | #440 | 170 |
| 1937 | #547 | 149 | #437 | 167 |
| 1936 | #551 | 140 | #488 | 134 |
| 1935 | #543 | 140 | #536 | 116 |
| 1934 | #576 | 126 | #579 | 104 |
| 1933 | #594 | 118 | #650 | 80 |
| 1932 | #533 | 152 | #722 | 74 |
| 1931 | #554 | 139 | #768 | 66 |
| 1930 | #606 | 130 | #815 | 63 |
| 1929 | #678 | 107 | #1,055 | 42 |
| 1928 | #653 | 115 | #1,078 | 42 |
| 1927 | #786 | 85 | #1,322 | 31 |
| 1926 | #722 | 101 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #877 | 71 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #839 | 80 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #889 | 68 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #917 | 64 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #914 | 66 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,152 | 43 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
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| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gerry! It came in at #966, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gerry is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#319 · 1 in 2,992
- Mississippi#341 · 1 in 2,846
- Oklahoma#344 · 1 in 3,149
- South Carolina#407 · 1 in 4,353
- Alabama#409 · 1 in 4,606
Best ever in a state: #134 in Idaho, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #319 | 5 | 1 in 2,992 |
| Mississippi | #341 | 7 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Oklahoma | #344 | 6 | 1 in 3,149 |
| South Carolina | #407 | 5 | 1 in 4,353 |
| Alabama | #409 | 6 | 1 in 4,606 |
| Tennessee | #448 | 5 | 1 in 6,424 |
| New York | #524 | 16 | 1 in 7,618 |
| Louisiana | #560 | 5 | 1 in 6,247 |
| Illinois | #606 | 9 | 1 in 9,193 |
| Texas | #683 | 12 | 1 in 8,866 |
| California | #699 | 13 | 1 in 11,549 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gerry
- 598 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #8,910)
- 3,675 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #8,910)
- 658 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1930 (#1,055 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1905 (#966 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1942 at #335 (330 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1930–1983
- Highest: 1 in 4,058 boys born in 1958 were named Gerry (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #335 in 1942, was only 1 in 4,185 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.0% of all boys named Gerry (3,900) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1939, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #966 (1904) | #1,100 |
| 1910s | 82 | #1,596 (1918) | #2,216 |
| 1920s | 252 | #1,055 (1929) | #1,764 |
| 1930s | 1,143 | #437 (1937) | #587 |
| 1940s | 2,963 | #335 (1942) | #364 |
| 1950s | 3,900 | #336 (1958) | #372 |
| 1960s | 2,943 | #383 (1960) | #461 |
| 1970s | 1,340 | #578 (1970) | #730 |
| 1980s | 805 | #861 (1982) | #1,054 |
| 1990s | 542 | #1,294 (1990) | #1,758 |
| 2000s | 293 | #2,520 (2001) | #3,400 |
| 2010s | 134 | #4,776 (2016) | #6,604 |
| 2020s | 59 | #5,235 (2020) | #8,239 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gerry in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 56,342 of them was named Gerry, which outranked 73.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,523Vanita28
- #2,523Vonnie28
- #2,523Yevette28
- #2,598Gerry27
- #2,598Alethia27
- #2,598Alysha27
- #2,598Anel27
- #2,680Adelita26
- #2,680Adrain26
- #2,680Alica26
Tied with 81 names at #2,598; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 10,072 of them was named Gerry, which outranked 89.2% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.