Jerold

Where Jerold comes from

Jerold hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1873
    Jerold T. Hevener born
    American actor, film director
  2. 1908
    Jerold Wells born
    English actor
  3. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1942
    Peak, #403
    228 babies named Jerold — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #703.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jerold T. Hevener · American actor, film director, 1873–1947
  • Jerold Wells · English actor, 1908–1999

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.