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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #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 1945

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jerry, so not publishedAKMaine: #63 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 305 boysMEVermont: #68 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 345 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jerry, so not publishedNHWashington: #16 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 84 boysWAIdaho: #13 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 59 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 62 boysMTNorth Dakota: #20 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 93 boysNDMinnesota: #27 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 129 boysMNIllinois: #22 for boys · 626 births · 1 in 104 boysILWisconsin: #28 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 143 boysWIMichigan: #24 for boys · 481 births · 1 in 109 boysMINew York: #68 for boys · 315 births · 1 in 362 boysNYMassachusetts: #104 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,022 boysMARhode Island: #100 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 872 boysRIOregon: #16 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 74 boysORNevada: #20 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 84 boysNVWyoming: #21 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 82 boysWYSouth Dakota: #17 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 72 boysSDIowa: #17 for boys · 331 births · 1 in 63 boysIAIndiana: #13 for boys · 606 births · 1 in 53 boysINOhio: #19 for boys · 748 births · 1 in 84 boysOHPennsylvania: #60 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 334 boysPANew Jersey: #75 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 516 boysNJConnecticut: #87 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 634 boysCTCalifornia: #20 for boys · 873 births · 1 in 101 boysCAUtah: #20 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 97 boysUTColorado: #18 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 77 boysCONebraska: #17 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 67 boysNEMissouri: #15 for boys · 567 births · 1 in 56 boysMOKentucky: #9 for boys · 556 births · 1 in 50 boysKYWest Virginia: #15 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 62 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 372 births · 1 in 78 boysVAMaryland: #37 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 189 boysMDDelaware: #65 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 307 boysDEArizona: #20 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 96 boysAZNew Mexico: #11 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 67 boysNMKansas: #14 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 61 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 545 births · 1 in 34 boysARTennessee: #6 for boys · 816 births · 1 in 37 boysTNNorth Carolina: #9 for boys · 816 births · 1 in 51 boysNCSouth Carolina: #15 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 84 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #63 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 304 boysDCOklahoma: #7 for boys · 543 births · 1 in 37 boysOKLouisiana: #16 for boys · 313 births · 1 in 82 boysLAMississippi: #9 for boys · 358 births · 1 in 64 boysMSAlabama: #7 for boys · 697 births · 1 in 45 boysALGeorgia: #9 for boys · 665 births · 1 in 52 boysGAHawaii: #67 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 211 boysHITexas: #10 for boys · 1,195 births · 1 in 64 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 105 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#6 · 1 in 37
  2. Arkansas#7 · 1 in 34
  3. Oklahoma#7 · 1 in 37
  4. Alabama#7 · 1 in 45
  5. Kentucky#9 · 1 in 50

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#68161 in 37
Alabama#76971 in 45
Arkansas#75451 in 34
Oklahoma#75431 in 37
Georgia#96651 in 52
Kentucky#95561 in 50
Mississippi#93581 in 64
North Carolina#98161 in 51
Texas#101,1951 in 64
New Mexico#11981 in 67
Idaho#13791 in 59
Indiana#136061 in 53
Kansas#142481 in 61
Missouri#155671 in 56
South Carolina#152751 in 84
Virginia#153721 in 78
West Virginia#152941 in 62
Louisiana#163131 in 82
Montana#16721 in 62
Oregon#161501 in 74
Washington#162441 in 84
Iowa#173311 in 63
Nebraska#171651 in 67
South Dakota#17721 in 72
Colorado#181441 in 77
Florida#182241 in 105
Ohio#197481 in 84
Arizona#20711 in 96
California#208731 in 101
Nevada#20131 in 84
North Dakota#20601 in 93
Utah#20731 in 97
Wyoming#21251 in 82
Illinois#226261 in 104
Michigan#244811 in 109
Minnesota#271931 in 129
Wisconsin#281991 in 143
Maryland#37981 in 189
Pennsylvania#602461 in 334
District of Columbia#63331 in 304
Maine#63241 in 305
Delaware#6581 in 307
Hawaii#67241 in 211
New York#683151 in 362
Vermont#6881 in 345
New Jersey#75681 in 516
Connecticut#87241 in 634
Rhode Island#10071 in 872
Massachusetts#104361 in 1,022
Alaska———
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 1945

girls
#335
414 births · 1 in 3,157 girls
boys
#20
14,704 births · 1 in 92 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #335Jerry414

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #20Jerry14,704
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 3,157 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 93.6% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #332Lorna428
  2. #333Joanna426
  3. #334Faith424
  4. #335Jerry414
  5. #336Earnestine409
  6. #337Lynette407
  7. #338Jayne405
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 92 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 99.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #17Paul16,995
  2. #18Edward15,870
  3. #19Dennis14,990
  4. #20Jerry14,704
  5. #21Frank10,874
  6. #22Roger10,571
  7. #23Raymond9,858
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945 →