Jerrod

Where Jerrod comes from

Jerrod 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. 1945
    First appearance
    #3,338 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Jerrod Mustaf born
    American basketball player
  3. 1983
    Peak, #426
    370 babies named Jerrod — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1987
    Jerrod Carmichael born
    American comedian, actor, writer and director
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #803.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Jerrod Carmichael · American comedian, actor, writer and director, born 1987
  • Jerrod Mustaf · American basketball player, 1969–2024
  • Jerrod Niemann · American musician, born 1979
  • Jerrod Laventure · Haitian/American soccer player, born 1983
  • Jerrod Riggan · American baseball player, born 1974

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.