Jerald
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 647 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,191since 1909
Jerald over time
Rank among boys' names. Jerald has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,896 | 28 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,343 | 24 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,303 | 24 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,202 | 35 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,426 | 33 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,106 | 37 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,006 | 39 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,230 | 35 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,299 | 34 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,985 | 38 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,060 | 36 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,448 | 51 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,000 | 38 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,348 | 55 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,237 | 59 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,972 | 71 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,398 | 51 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,035 | 61 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,102 | 56 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,591 | 79 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,817 | 63 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,316 | 99 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,585 | 74 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,477 | 77 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,322 | 90 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,274 | 90 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,112 | 107 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,172 | 97 | |
| 1994 | — | #988 | 126 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,007 | 118 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #867 | 148 |
| 1991 | — | #867 | 147 | |
| 1990 | — | #809 | 158 | |
| 1989 | — | #774 | 164 | |
| 1988 | — | #684 | 189 | |
| 1987 | — | #818 | 129 | |
| 1986 | — | #760 | 142 | |
| 1985 | — | #733 | 145 | |
| 1984 | — | #780 | 123 | |
| 1983 | — | #659 | 168 | |
| 1982 | — | #642 | 180 | |
| 1981 | — | #601 | 202 | |
| 1980 | — | #628 | 193 | |
| 1979 | — | #612 | 195 | |
| 1978 | — | #623 | 180 | |
| 1977 | — | #564 | 219 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #530 | 233 |
| 1975 | — | #561 | 208 | |
| 1974 | — | #512 | 238 | |
| 1973 | — | #467 | 279 | |
| 1972 | — | #457 | 294 | |
| 1971 | — | #454 | 320 | |
| 1970 | — | #388 | 430 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #384 | 415 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #415 | 341 |
| 1967 | — | #392 | 374 | |
| 1966 | — | #366 | 425 | |
| 1965 | — | #389 | 402 | |
| 1964 | — | #377 | 440 | |
| 1963 | — | #386 | 422 | |
| 1962 | — | #375 | 462 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #374 | 445 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #391 | 406 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #390 | 412 |
| 1958 | — | #348 | 482 | |
| 1957 | — | #339 | 498 | |
| 1956 | — | #332 | 501 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #319 | 535 |
| 1954 | — | #321 | 503 | |
| 1953 | — | #306 | 541 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #300 | 555 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #301 | 536 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #300 | 509 |
| 1949 | — | #281 | 584 | |
| 1948 | — | #291 | 548 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #274 | 609 |
| 1946 | — | #269 | 564 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #251 | 527 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #246 | 547 |
| 1943 | — | #231 | 623 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #223 | 647 |
| 1941 | — | #229 | 559 | |
| 1940 | — | #240 | 502 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #253 | 455 |
| 1938 | — | #268 | 420 | |
| 1937 | — | #268 | 411 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #271 | 394 |
| 1935 | — | #315 | 294 | |
| 1934 | — | #318 | 288 | |
| 1933 | — | #331 | 263 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #345 | 256 |
| 1931 | — | #352 | 246 | |
| 1930 | — | #426 | 191 | |
| 1929 | — | #442 | 179 | |
| 1928 | — | #504 | 144 | |
| 1927 | — | #558 | 123 | |
| 1926 | — | #545 | 124 | |
| 1925 | — | #605 | 109 | |
| 1924 | — | #722 | 84 | |
| 1923 | — | #737 | 78 | |
| 1922 | — | #608 | 113 | |
| 1921 | — | #750 | 78 | |
| 1920 | — | #896 | 59 | |
| 1919 | — | #867 | 58 | |
| 1918 | — | #855 | 59 | |
| 1917 | — | #804 | 61 | |
| 1916 | — | #856 | 54 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jerald! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jerald is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#46 · 1 in 191
- North Dakota#79 · 1 in 335
- Wyoming#102 · 1 in 414
- Nebraska#104 · 1 in 564
- Iowa#121 · 1 in 715
Best ever in a state: #42 in South Dakota, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #46 | 27 | 1 in 191 |
| North Dakota | #79 | 17 | 1 in 335 |
| Wyoming | #102 | 5 | 1 in 414 |
| Nebraska | #104 | 19 | 1 in 564 |
| Iowa | #121 | 32 | 1 in 715 |
| Utah | #123 | 12 | 1 in 581 |
| Minnesota | #124 | 35 | 1 in 764 |
| Idaho | #135 | 7 | 1 in 692 |
| Indiana | #147 | 31 | 1 in 1,105 |
| Kansas | #155 | 17 | 1 in 899 |
| Wisconsin | #155 | 20 | 1 in 1,479 |
| Oregon | #158 | 10 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Colorado | #167 | 10 | 1 in 1,064 |
| Missouri | #169 | 24 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Washington | #175 | 13 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Ohio | #183 | 36 | 1 in 1,897 |
| Florida | #185 | 16 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Maine | #185 | 5 | 1 in 1,517 |
| California | #194 | 47 | 1 in 1,554 |
| Illinois | #199 | 35 | 1 in 2,112 |
| Oklahoma | #205 | 14 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Michigan | #214 | 23 | 1 in 2,518 |
| Tennessee | #219 | 16 | 1 in 1,996 |
| West Virginia | #220 | 10 | 1 in 2,086 |
| New York | #255 | 29 | 1 in 4,065 |
| Arkansas | #258 | 10 | 1 in 2,096 |
| New Jersey | #281 | 6 | 1 in 6,240 |
| Pennsylvania | #290 | 17 | 1 in 5,483 |
| Virginia | #297 | 9 | 1 in 3,281 |
| Kentucky | #308 | 9 | 1 in 3,332 |
| Louisiana | #323 | 10 | 1 in 2,618 |
| Texas | #324 | 27 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Alabama | #334 | 9 | 1 in 3,632 |
| South Carolina | #377 | 5 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Mississippi | #401 | 5 | 1 in 4,743 |
| North Carolina | #424 | 7 | 1 in 5,948 |
| Georgia | #478 | 5 | 1 in 7,060 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Jerald
- 154 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #4,050)
- 848 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #4,050)
- 751 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1916 (#1,100 → #856)
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1995 (#988 → #1,172)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1942 at #223 (647 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1916–1992
- Highest: 1 in 2,135 boys born in 1942 were named Jerald (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.8% of all boys named Jerald (5,710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 356 | #804 (1917) | #987 |
| 1920s | 1,091 | #442 (1929) | #637 |
| 1930s | 3,218 | #253 (1939) | #315 |
| 1940s | 5,710 | #223 (1942) | #254 |
| 1950s | 5,072 | #300 (1952) | #326 |
| 1960s | 4,132 | #366 (1966) | #385 |
| 1970s | 2,596 | #388 (1970) | #517 |
| 1980s | 1,635 | #601 (1981) | #708 |
| 1990s | 1,158 | #809 (1990) | #1,090 |
| 2000s | 668 | #1,316 (2001) | #1,940 |
| 2010s | 385 | #2,448 (2012) | #3,029 |
| 2020s | 165 | #3,202 (2020) | #3,935 |
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.
Jerald in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 192,960 of them was named Jerald, which outranked 30.5% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,444Zeta8
- #3,444Zonia8
- #3,444Zonnie8
- #3,738Jerald7
- #3,738Adalee7
- #3,738Adelyn7
- #3,738Adlean7
- #4,124Aaron6
- #4,124Adair6
- #4,124Adel6
Tied with 385 names at #3,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 2,135 of them was named Jerald, which outranked 94.5% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.