Jerry

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124 · #906 for boys in 2025, 262 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#14
1941 · 16,799 births
Debut · boys
1880
136 births
In top 100 · boys
58 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
615,102
since 1880

Jerry over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #14, 1941boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#906262
2024—#866279
2023—#845287
2022—#751341
2021—#729354
2020—#601457
2019—#676381
2018—#600455
2017#14,1246#554496
2016—#503597
2015—#487603
2014—#452656
2013—#449636
2012—#444620
2011—#393724
2010—#384750
2009—#370820
2008#12,5798#3191,049
2007—#322996
2006—#3181,010
2005#16,4625#3151,046
2004#12,7617#2931,088
2003#13,8446#2861,089
2002#12,1877#2861,041
2001#13,5216#2611,256
2000#9,16310#2641,251
1999#9,4799#2461,300
1998#12,4266#2281,398
1997#6,16315#2121,458
1996#7,13012#1941,609
1995#5,67716#2001,516
1994#5,71316#1921,615
1993#5,41917#1861,727
1992#5,26718#1831,769
1991#5,18118#1601,999
1990#4,23023#1462,186
1989#3,89325#1422,165
1988#2,86736#1302,266
1987#2,85234#1252,233
1986#2,97331#1212,267
1985#2,17248#1162,423
1984#2,67734#1112,457
1983#2,27242#1032,757
1982#1,90056#1002,942
1981#2,84731#973,056
1980#1,88657#943,189
1979#2,21844#853,446
1978#1,86253#823,427
1977#2,06346#753,745
1976#1,51468#674,070
1975#1,41574#654,311
1974#1,56361#614,664
1973#1,27681#575,097
1972#1,16193#535,597
1971#1,19495#506,572
1970#1,060115#457,422
1969#1,12497#457,283
1968#1,002109#447,450
1967#973110#417,780
1966#1,031101#418,429
1965#957114#419,015
1964#881139#409,606
1963#973119#3810,189
1962#825161#3810,576
1961#961126#3711,381
1960#829158#3711,835
1959#727192#3612,324
1958#679212#3512,917
1957#638236#3513,283
1956#650216#3512,623
1955#630218#3312,975
1954#572245#3113,681
1953#515277#2913,901
1952#517265#2614,438
1951#469315#2415,164
1950#429352#2415,261
1949#424344#2315,871
1948#380433#2116,809
1947#370469#2018,794
1946#346475#2017,567
1945#335414#2014,704
1944#292540#1916,282
1943#281626#1717,730
1942#276611#1617,488
1941#272547#1416,799
1940#272522#1415,213
1939#276505#1613,729
1938#290470#1712,172
1937#300422#1710,301
1936#286446#189,271
1935#297414#228,452
1934#320382#257,134
1933#315390#316,066
1932#329375#345,303
1931#324385#434,371
1930#345362#513,891
1929#399276#612,991
1928#402281#782,588
1927#433254#932,215
1926#449226#971,934
1925#455232#1071,625
1924#471217#1231,466
1923#502192#1311,276
1922#550167#1351,197
1921#553165#1411,114
1920#553167#1441,043
1919#587142#147917
1918#602140#147986
1917#670103#150861
1916#638112#145885
1915#74380#147801
1914#78854#144649
1913#80343#150493
1912#76343#147405
1911#71437#140238
1910#73733#131251
1909#1,01516#138192
1908#88220#128198
1907#99015#141165
1906#89517#142146
1905#1,09312#121177
1904#1,3648#119177
1903#1,4407#158112
1902#1,13310#130148
1901—#141116
1900#97015#113205
1899#1,2787#142111
1898—#126143
1897—#137118
1896—#17194
1895—#151102
1894—#125127
1893—#128118
1892—#136117
1891—#128107
1890—#137103
1889—#129110
1888—#16392
1887—#13198
1886—#118125
1885—#119115
1884—#120121
1883—#118107
1882—#132105
1881—#12197
1880—#99136
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jerry was already there! It came in at #99, and was given to 136 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1897, when fewer than 140 boys a year got the name.

Where Jerry is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #23 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 62 boysAKMaine: #107 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 532 boysMEVermont: #63 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 283 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jerry, so not publishedNHWashington: #14 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 64 boysWAIdaho: #11 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 52 boysIDMontana: #14 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 56 boysMTNorth Dakota: #16 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 72 boysNDMinnesota: #19 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 103 boysMNIllinois: #18 for boys · 791 births · 1 in 74 boysILWisconsin: #22 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 109 boysWIMichigan: #20 for boys · 584 births · 1 in 79 boysMINew York: #58 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 301 boysNYMassachusetts: #113 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,096 boysMARhode Island: #91 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 657 boysRIOregon: #12 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 49 boysORNevada: #19 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 70 boysNVWyoming: #9 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 39 boysWYSouth Dakota: #15 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 56 boysSDIowa: #11 for boys · 513 births · 1 in 41 boysIAIndiana: #9 for boys · 849 births · 1 in 33 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 850 births · 1 in 64 boysOHPennsylvania: #51 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 262 boysPANew Jersey: #65 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 353 boysNJConnecticut: #71 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 529 boysCTCalifornia: #18 for boys · 639 births · 1 in 82 boysCAUtah: #13 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 62 boysUTColorado: #13 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 68 boysCONebraska: #10 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 48 boysNEMissouri: #11 for boys · 671 births · 1 in 44 boysMOKentucky: #10 for boys · 478 births · 1 in 60 boysKYWest Virginia: #12 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 61 boysWVVirginia: #17 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 99 boysVAMaryland: #46 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 207 boysMDDelaware: #52 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 228 boysDEArizona: #11 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 65 boysAZNew Mexico: #11 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 63 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 43 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 531 births · 1 in 36 boysARTennessee: #7 for boys · 688 births · 1 in 41 boysTNNorth Carolina: #6 for boys · 746 births · 1 in 50 boysNCSouth Carolina: #15 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 85 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #49 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 264 boysDCOklahoma: #2 for boys · 799 births · 1 in 27 boysOKLouisiana: #11 for boys · 313 births · 1 in 72 boysLAMississippi: #13 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 71 boysMSAlabama: #8 for boys · 558 births · 1 in 52 boysALGeorgia: #10 for boys · 487 births · 1 in 64 boysGAHawaii: #52 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 171 boysHITexas: #6 for boys · 1,401 births · 1 in 44 boysTXFlorida: #13 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 87 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#2 · 1 in 27
  2. Texas#6 · 1 in 44
  3. North Carolina#6 · 1 in 50
  4. Arkansas#7 · 1 in 36
  5. Tennessee#7 · 1 in 41

Best ever in a state: #2 in Oklahoma, 1940.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#27991 in 27
North Carolina#67461 in 50
Texas#61,4011 in 44
Arkansas#75311 in 36
Tennessee#76881 in 41
Alabama#85581 in 52
Indiana#98491 in 33
Wyoming#9481 in 39
Georgia#104871 in 64
Kentucky#104781 in 60
Nebraska#102021 in 48
Arizona#11771 in 65
Idaho#11941 in 52
Iowa#115131 in 41
Kansas#112991 in 43
Louisiana#113131 in 72
Missouri#116711 in 44
New Mexico#11941 in 63
Oregon#121611 in 49
West Virginia#123181 in 61
Colorado#131451 in 68
Florida#131781 in 87
Mississippi#133061 in 71
Utah#13891 in 62
Montana#14851 in 56
Ohio#148501 in 64
Washington#141951 in 64
South Carolina#152511 in 85
South Dakota#15901 in 56
North Dakota#16781 in 72
Virginia#172471 in 99
California#186391 in 82
Illinois#187911 in 74
Minnesota#192321 in 103
Nevada#1991 in 70
Michigan#205841 in 79
Wisconsin#222311 in 109
Alaska#2371 in 62
Maryland#46651 in 207
District of Columbia#49241 in 264
Pennsylvania#512931 in 262
Delaware#5281 in 228
Hawaii#52211 in 171
New York#583111 in 301
Vermont#6391 in 283
New Jersey#65771 in 353
Connecticut#71211 in 529
Rhode Island#9171 in 657
Maine#107121 in 532
Massachusetts#113281 in 1,096
New Hampshire———

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 Jerry
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 40 spots since 2024 (#866 → #906)
  • 305 spots since 2020 (#601 → #906)
  • 419 spots since 2015 (#487 → #906)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 2020 (#676 → #601)
  • Biggest drop: 128 spots in 2021 (#601 → #729)
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1941 at #14 (16,799 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 58 yrs · run 1926–1982
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73
  • Highest: 1 in 73 boys born in 1941 were named Jerry (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,519 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 27.2% of all boys named Jerry (167,257) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,106#99 (1880)#125
1890s1,140#125 (1894)#138
1900s1,636#113 (1900)#133
1910s6,486#131 (1910)#145
1920s17,449#61 (1929)#111
1930s80,690#16 (1939)#27
1940s167,257#14 (1941)#18
1950s136,567#24 (1950)#31
1960s93,544#37 (1960)#40
1970s48,351#45 (1970)#64
1980s25,755#94 (1980)#114
1990s16,577#146 (1990)#195
2000s10,646#261 (2001)#303
2010s5,918#384 (2010)#494
2020s1,980#601 (2020)#783

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.

Jerry in 1940

girls
#272
522 births · 1 in 2,191 girls
boys
#14
15,213 births · 1 in 76 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #272Jerry522

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #14Jerry15,213
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 2,191 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 94.6% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #267Olivia540
  2. #270Lila529
  3. #271Sadie525
  4. #272Jerry522
  5. #273Opal521
  6. #274Claudette518
  7. #275Bonita516
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 76 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 99.6% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #11George18,315
  2. #12Joseph18,208
  3. #13Larry17,199
  4. #14Jerry15,213
  5. #15Kenneth15,132
  6. #16Edward14,405
  7. #17Paul14,097
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →