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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #24 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 83 boysAKMaine: #76 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 398 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 189 boysVTNew Hampshire: #102 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 669 boysNHWashington: #18 for boys · 322 births · 1 in 85 boysWAIdaho: #15 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 66 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 83 boysMTNorth Dakota: #24 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 94 boysNDMinnesota: #28 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 121 boysMNIllinois: #27 for boys · 776 births · 1 in 120 boysILWisconsin: #32 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 142 boysWIMichigan: #25 for boys · 668 births · 1 in 114 boysMINew York: #63 for boys · 482 births · 1 in 328 boysNYMassachusetts: #106 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,087 boysMARhode Island: #104 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,059 boysRIOregon: #18 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 74 boysORNevada: #18 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 72 boysNVWyoming: #16 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 64 boysWYSouth Dakota: #19 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 81 boysSDIowa: #18 for boys · 409 births · 1 in 74 boysIAIndiana: #17 for boys · 684 births · 1 in 66 boysINOhio: #22 for boys · 903 births · 1 in 105 boysOHPennsylvania: #64 for boys · 358 births · 1 in 331 boysPANew Jersey: #73 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 480 boysNJConnecticut: #97 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 807 boysCTCalifornia: #25 for boys · 943 births · 1 in 127 boysCAUtah: #24 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 101 boysUTColorado: #17 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 82 boysCONebraska: #16 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 59 boysNEMissouri: #15 for boys · 727 births · 1 in 60 boysMOKentucky: #11 for boys · 729 births · 1 in 52 boysKYWest Virginia: #15 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 69 boysWVVirginia: #14 for boys · 542 births · 1 in 71 boysVAMaryland: #44 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 223 boysMDDelaware: #51 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 235 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 94 boysAZNew Mexico: #11 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 68 boysNMKansas: #18 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 69 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 706 births · 1 in 34 boysARTennessee: #8 for boys · 1,112 births · 1 in 38 boysTNNorth Carolina: #9 for boys · 1,022 births · 1 in 52 boysNCSouth Carolina: #16 for boys · 356 births · 1 in 81 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #49 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 236 boysDCOklahoma: #8 for boys · 644 births · 1 in 39 boysOKLouisiana: #17 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 95 boysLAMississippi: #9 for boys · 500 births · 1 in 58 boysMSAlabama: #8 for boys · 887 births · 1 in 45 boysALGeorgia: #10 for boys · 826 births · 1 in 55 boysGAHawaii: #56 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 204 boysHITexas: #11 for boys · 1,434 births · 1 in 68 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 97 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#7 · 1 in 34
  2. Tennessee#8 · 1 in 38
  3. Oklahoma#8 · 1 in 39
  4. Alabama#8 · 1 in 45
  5. North Carolina#9 · 1 in 52

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#77061 in 34
Alabama#88871 in 45
Oklahoma#86441 in 39
Tennessee#81,1121 in 38
Mississippi#95001 in 58
North Carolina#91,0221 in 52
Georgia#108261 in 55
Kentucky#117291 in 52
New Mexico#111321 in 68
Texas#111,4341 in 68
Virginia#145421 in 71
Idaho#151031 in 66
Missouri#157271 in 60
West Virginia#153801 in 69
Montana#16781 in 83
Nebraska#162461 in 59
South Carolina#163561 in 81
Wyoming#16441 in 64
Colorado#171891 in 82
Indiana#176841 in 66
Louisiana#173601 in 95
Florida#182981 in 97
Iowa#184091 in 74
Kansas#182911 in 69
Nevada#18221 in 72
Oregon#182281 in 74
Washington#183221 in 85
Arizona#19981 in 94
South Dakota#19881 in 81
Ohio#229031 in 105
Alaska#24111 in 83
North Dakota#24791 in 94
Utah#24981 in 101
California#259431 in 127
Michigan#256681 in 114
Illinois#277761 in 120
Minnesota#282891 in 121
Wisconsin#322761 in 142
Maryland#441151 in 223
Vermont#44211 in 189
District of Columbia#49531 in 236
Delaware#51141 in 235
Hawaii#56301 in 204
New York#634821 in 328
Pennsylvania#643581 in 331
New Jersey#731031 in 480
Maine#76271 in 398
Connecticut#97261 in 807
New Hampshire#10291 in 669
Rhode Island#10481 in 1,059
Massachusetts#106481 in 1,087

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 1947

girls
#370
469 births · 1 in 3,780 girls
boys
#20
18,794 births · 1 in 97 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #370Jerry469

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #20Jerry18,794
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 3,780 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 93.9% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #367Olga481
  2. #368Lorna475
  3. #369Mable471
  4. #370Jerry469
  5. #371Nelda468
  6. #372Earnestine467
  7. #373Inez461
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 97 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #17Dennis23,686
  2. #18Paul22,796
  3. #19Edward20,539
  4. #20Jerry18,794
  5. #21Stephen15,328
  6. #22Daniel15,189
  7. #23Frank13,994
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →