Jerold
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 228 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,434since 1912
Jerold over time
Rank among boys' names. Jerold has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #1,815 | 37 |
| 1987 | #2,169 | 27 |
| 1986 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #1,596 | 38 |
| 1981 | #1,433 | 44 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #1,760 | 30 |
| 1977 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #1,053 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,052 | 61 |
| 1973 | #1,068 | 58 |
| 1972 | #993 | 66 |
| 1971 | #941 | 75 |
| 1970 | #804 | 102 |
| 1969 | #759 | 106 |
| 1968 | #742 | 101 |
| 1967 | #735 | 100 |
| 1966 | #706 | 110 |
| 1965 | #717 | 107 |
| 1964 | #747 | 106 |
| 1963 | #685 | 128 |
| 1962 | #702 | 120 |
| 1961 | #698 | 120 |
| 1960 | #691 | 129 |
| 1959 | #722 | 112 |
| 1958 | #703 | 113 |
| 1957 | #652 | 139 |
| 1956 | #643 | 139 |
| 1955 | #631 | 139 |
| 1954 | #569 | 167 |
| 1953 | #519 | 184 |
| 1952 | #608 | 134 |
| 1951 | #555 | 151 |
| 1950 | #512 | 171 |
| 1949 | #496 | 177 |
| 1948 | #516 | 163 |
| 1947 | #463 | 210 |
| 1946 | #513 | 156 |
| 1945 | #456 | 169 |
| 1944 | #450 | 180 |
| 1943 | #432 | 208 |
| 1942 | #403 | 228 |
| 1941 | #418 | 194 |
| 1940 | #432 | 182 |
| 1939 | #457 | 158 |
| 1938 | #510 | 131 |
| 1937 | #513 | 126 |
| 1936 | #518 | 119 |
| 1935 | #482 | 137 |
| 1934 | #481 | 141 |
| 1933 | #569 | 102 |
| 1932 | #651 | 87 |
| 1931 | #576 | 104 |
| 1930 | #718 | 76 |
| 1929 | #781 | 68 |
| 1928 | #779 | 69 |
| 1927 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1926 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1923 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Jerold! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2013, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jerold is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#254 · 1 in 2,709
- Wisconsin#258 · 1 in 3,364
- Michigan#261 · 1 in 3,245
- Ohio#360 · 1 in 6,855
- New York#363 · 1 in 6,939
Best ever in a state: #143 in South Dakota, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #254 | 7 | 1 in 2,709 |
| Wisconsin | #258 | 7 | 1 in 3,364 |
| Michigan | #261 | 12 | 1 in 3,245 |
| Ohio | #360 | 7 | 1 in 6,855 |
| New York | #363 | 13 | 1 in 6,939 |
| California | #436 | 6 | 1 in 6,062 |
| Illinois | #487 | 5 | 1 in 10,782 |
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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 Jerold
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1928 (#1,001 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1971 (#804 → #941)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1942 at #403 (228 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1928–1972
- Highest: 1 in 6,058 boys born in 1942 were named Jerold (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Jerold (1,867) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 116 | #1,492 (1914) | #1,930 |
| 1920s | 385 | #779 (1928) | #1,259 |
| 1930s | 1,181 | #457 (1939) | #548 |
| 1940s | 1,867 | #403 (1942) | #458 |
| 1950s | 1,449 | #512 (1950) | #611 |
| 1960s | 1,127 | #685 (1963) | #718 |
| 1970s | 569 | #804 (1970) | #1,218 |
| 1980s | 328 | #1,433 (1981) | #1,864 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,295 (1991) | #3,201 |
| 2000s | 101 | #4,121 (2001) | #7,585 |
| 2010s | 71 | #6,626 (2012) | #9,393 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,823 (2022) | #9,823 |
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.
Jerold in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 9,997 of them was named Jerold, which outranked 86.7% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).