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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #78 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 337 boysAKMaine: #109 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 662 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jerry, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #106 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 733 boysNHWashington: #68 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 320 boysWAIdaho: #72 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 291 boysIDMontana: #89 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 358 boysMTNorth Dakota: #111 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 578 boysNDMinnesota: #128 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 957 boysMNIllinois: #56 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 305 boysILWisconsin: #95 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 573 boysWIMichigan: #58 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 315 boysMINew York: #99 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 641 boysNYMassachusetts: #145 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,345 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jerry, so not publishedRIOregon: #65 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 323 boysORNevada: #45 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 170 boysNVWyoming: #73 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 271 boysWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 222 boysSDIowa: #81 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 383 boysIAIndiana: #53 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 221 boysINOhio: #52 for boys · 314 births · 1 in 259 boysOHPennsylvania: #115 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 761 boysPANew Jersey: #103 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 656 boysNJConnecticut: #145 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,049 boysCTCalifornia: #73 for boys · 412 births · 1 in 364 boysCAUtah: #121 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 638 boysUTColorado: #61 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 302 boysCONebraska: #60 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 264 boysNEMissouri: #46 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 200 boysMOKentucky: #32 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 131 boysKYWest Virginia: #36 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 146 boysWVVirginia: #41 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 205 boysVAMaryland: #69 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 407 boysMDDelaware: #72 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 368 boysDEArizona: #51 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 217 boysAZNew Mexico: #44 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 188 boysNMKansas: #54 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 228 boysKSArkansas: #22 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 100 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 122 boysTNNorth Carolina: #33 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 144 boysNCSouth Carolina: #45 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 209 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #101 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 519 boysDCOklahoma: #36 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 140 boysOKLouisiana: #58 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 272 boysLAMississippi: #23 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 120 boysMSAlabama: #27 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 133 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 161 boysGAHawaii: #74 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 288 boysHITexas: #36 for boys · 507 births · 1 in 210 boysTXFlorida: #47 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 274 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#22 · 1 in 100
  2. Mississippi#23 · 1 in 120
  3. Tennessee#26 · 1 in 122
  4. Alabama#27 · 1 in 133
  5. Georgia#31 · 1 in 161

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#221501 in 100
Mississippi#231661 in 120
Tennessee#262631 in 122
Alabama#272071 in 133
Georgia#312511 in 161
Kentucky#322021 in 131
North Carolina#332881 in 144
Oklahoma#361351 in 140
Texas#365071 in 210
West Virginia#36951 in 146
Virginia#411631 in 205
New Mexico#44471 in 188
Nevada#45201 in 170
South Carolina#451041 in 209
Missouri#461761 in 200
Florida#471841 in 274
Arizona#51781 in 217
Ohio#523141 in 259
Indiana#531881 in 221
Kansas#54631 in 228
Illinois#562711 in 305
Louisiana#581151 in 272
Michigan#582191 in 315
South Dakota#59201 in 222
Nebraska#60411 in 264
Colorado#61601 in 302
Oregon#65451 in 323
Washington#68681 in 320
Maryland#69581 in 407
Delaware#72101 in 368
Idaho#72201 in 291
California#734121 in 364
Wyoming#7381 in 271
Hawaii#74211 in 288
Alaska#7881 in 337
Iowa#81501 in 383
Montana#89131 in 358
Wisconsin#95531 in 573
New York#991901 in 641
District of Columbia#101181 in 519
New Jersey#103701 in 656
New Hampshire#10671 in 733
Maine#109111 in 662
North Dakota#11181 in 578
Pennsylvania#1151041 in 761
Utah#121191 in 638
Minnesota#128281 in 957
Connecticut#145171 in 1,049
Massachusetts#145281 in 1,345
Rhode Island———
Vermont———

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 1972

girls
#1,161
93 births · 1 in 16,357 girls
boys
#53
5,597 births · 1 in 290 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,161Jerry93

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #53Jerry5,597
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 16,357 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 88.0% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #1,155Mariana94
  2. #1,155Melony94
  3. #1,155Ronnie94
  4. #1,161Jerry93
  5. #1,161Alfreda93
  6. #1,161Dalia93
  7. #1,161Dannielle93
  8. #1,169Alexa92
  9. #1,169Briana92
  10. #1,169Carleen92

Tied with 7 names at #1,161; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 290 of them was named Jerry, which outranked 99.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerry
  1. #50Jose5,935
  2. #51Adam5,740
  3. #52Dennis5,608
  4. #53Jerry5,597
  5. #54Raymond5,443
  6. #55Shane5,236
  7. #56Frank5,165
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →