Jerald
Jerald is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. Its best rank was 223rd, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1942647 births
- Best rank
- #223in 1942
- Since 1909
- 26,166people given the name
The story in the numbers
26,166 boys have been named Jerald in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 647 births.
The name has all but left use: 28 births in 2024, against 647 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1940s alone account for 22%. It has spent 78 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jerald | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 356 | |
| 1920s | 1,091 | |
| 1930s | 3,218 | |
| 1940s | 5,710 | |
| 1950s | 5,072 | |
| 1960s | 4,131 | |
| 1970s | 2,598 | |
| 1980s | 1,635 | |
| 1990s | 1,158 | |
| 2000s | 668 | |
| 2010s | 385 | |
| 2020s | 139 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Jerald was the 223rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1942 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Jerald
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jimmypeak 1947
- Tommypeak 1947
- Gaylonpeak 1949
- Jeroldpeak 1942
- Sammypeak 1947
- Ronaldpeak 1947
- Darrelpeak 1960
- Jerrypeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.