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 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#229 · 1 in 2,079
- Alabama#251 · 1 in 1,663
- Minnesota#279 · 1 in 3,655
- Colorado#291 · 1 in 2,583
- Mississippi#296 · 1 in 2,108
Best ever in a state: #42 in South Dakota, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #229 | 5 | 1 in 2,079 |
| Alabama | #251 | 16 | 1 in 1,663 |
| Minnesota | #279 | 7 | 1 in 3,655 |
| Colorado | #291 | 7 | 1 in 2,583 |
| Mississippi | #296 | 9 | 1 in 2,108 |
| Washington | #303 | 7 | 1 in 3,066 |
| Wisconsin | #308 | 7 | 1 in 4,202 |
| Oklahoma | #334 | 6 | 1 in 3,026 |
| Georgia | #359 | 12 | 1 in 3,260 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 6 | 1 in 3,552 |
| Florida | #372 | 14 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Tennessee | #379 | 7 | 1 in 4,472 |
| Ohio | #391 | 14 | 1 in 5,504 |
| Texas | #396 | 32 | 1 in 3,272 |
| Arizona | #401 | 5 | 1 in 3,440 |
| Michigan | #408 | 12 | 1 in 5,478 |
| Missouri | #408 | 6 | 1 in 5,498 |
| Illinois | #466 | 14 | 1 in 5,574 |
| Louisiana | #466 | 7 | 1 in 4,247 |
| North Carolina | #483 | 6 | 1 in 6,568 |
| Pennsylvania | #530 | 7 | 1 in 10,581 |
| California | #580 | 18 | 1 in 8,015 |
| New York | #649 | 11 | 1 in 10,394 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 5,586 of them was named Jerald, which outranked 92.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #464Wallace284
- #465Jess283
- #466Ramiro282
- #467Jerald279
- #467Carey279
- #467Dallas279
- #467Desmond279
- #473Austin277
- #473Dylan277
- #475Xavier275
Tied with 5 names at #467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.