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
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 16,799 births
- Debut · boys
- 136 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 58 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 615,102since 1880
Jerry over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #906 | 262 | |
| 2024 | — | #866 | 279 | |
| 2023 | — | #845 | 287 | |
| 2022 | — | #751 | 341 | |
| 2021 | — | #729 | 354 | |
| 2020 | — | #601 | 457 | |
| 2019 | — | #676 | 381 | |
| 2018 | — | #600 | 455 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #554 | 496 |
| 2016 | — | #503 | 597 | |
| 2015 | — | #487 | 603 | |
| 2014 | — | #452 | 656 | |
| 2013 | — | #449 | 636 | |
| 2012 | — | #444 | 620 | |
| 2011 | — | #393 | 724 | |
| 2010 | — | #384 | 750 | |
| 2009 | — | #370 | 820 | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #319 | 1,049 |
| 2007 | — | #322 | 996 | |
| 2006 | — | #318 | 1,010 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #315 | 1,046 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #293 | 1,088 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #286 | 1,089 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #286 | 1,041 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #261 | 1,256 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #264 | 1,251 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #246 | 1,300 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #228 | 1,398 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #212 | 1,458 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #194 | 1,609 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #200 | 1,516 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #192 | 1,615 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #186 | 1,727 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #183 | 1,769 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #160 | 1,999 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | #146 | 2,186 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | #142 | 2,165 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #130 | 2,266 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | #125 | 2,233 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | #121 | 2,267 |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 | #116 | 2,423 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 | #111 | 2,457 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 42 | #103 | 2,757 |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 | #100 | 2,942 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #97 | 3,056 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 | #94 | 3,189 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 | #85 | 3,446 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | #82 | 3,427 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 | #75 | 3,745 |
| 1976 | #1,514 | 68 | #67 | 4,070 |
| 1975 | #1,415 | 74 | #65 | 4,311 |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 | #61 | 4,664 |
| 1973 | #1,276 | 81 | #57 | 5,097 |
| 1972 | #1,161 | 93 | #53 | 5,597 |
| 1971 | #1,194 | 95 | #50 | 6,572 |
| 1970 | #1,060 | 115 | #45 | 7,422 |
| 1969 | #1,124 | 97 | #45 | 7,283 |
| 1968 | #1,002 | 109 | #44 | 7,450 |
| 1967 | #973 | 110 | #41 | 7,780 |
| 1966 | #1,031 | 101 | #41 | 8,429 |
| 1965 | #957 | 114 | #41 | 9,015 |
| 1964 | #881 | 139 | #40 | 9,606 |
| 1963 | #973 | 119 | #38 | 10,189 |
| 1962 | #825 | 161 | #38 | 10,576 |
| 1961 | #961 | 126 | #37 | 11,381 |
| 1960 | #829 | 158 | #37 | 11,835 |
| 1959 | #727 | 192 | #36 | 12,324 |
| 1958 | #679 | 212 | #35 | 12,917 |
| 1957 | #638 | 236 | #35 | 13,283 |
| 1956 | #650 | 216 | #35 | 12,623 |
| 1955 | #630 | 218 | #33 | 12,975 |
| 1954 | #572 | 245 | #31 | 13,681 |
| 1953 | #515 | 277 | #29 | 13,901 |
| 1952 | #517 | 265 | #26 | 14,438 |
| 1951 | #469 | 315 | #24 | 15,164 |
| 1950 | #429 | 352 | #24 | 15,261 |
| 1949 | #424 | 344 | #23 | 15,871 |
| 1948 | #380 | 433 | #21 | 16,809 |
| 1947 | #370 | 469 | #20 | 18,794 |
| 1946 | #346 | 475 | #20 | 17,567 |
| 1945 | #335 | 414 | #20 | 14,704 |
| 1944 | #292 | 540 | #19 | 16,282 |
| 1943 | #281 | 626 | #17 | 17,730 |
| 1942 | #276 | 611 | #16 | 17,488 |
| 1941 | #272 | 547 | #14 | 16,799 |
| 1940 | #272 | 522 | #14 | 15,213 |
| 1939 | #276 | 505 | #16 | 13,729 |
| 1938 | #290 | 470 | #17 | 12,172 |
| 1937 | #300 | 422 | #17 | 10,301 |
| 1936 | #286 | 446 | #18 | 9,271 |
| 1935 | #297 | 414 | #22 | 8,452 |
| 1934 | #320 | 382 | #25 | 7,134 |
| 1933 | #315 | 390 | #31 | 6,066 |
| 1932 | #329 | 375 | #34 | 5,303 |
| 1931 | #324 | 385 | #43 | 4,371 |
| 1930 | #345 | 362 | #51 | 3,891 |
| 1929 | #399 | 276 | #61 | 2,991 |
| 1928 | #402 | 281 | #78 | 2,588 |
| 1927 | #433 | 254 | #93 | 2,215 |
| 1926 | #449 | 226 | #97 | 1,934 |
| 1925 | #455 | 232 | #107 | 1,625 |
| 1924 | #471 | 217 | #123 | 1,466 |
| 1923 | #502 | 192 | #131 | 1,276 |
| 1922 | #550 | 167 | #135 | 1,197 |
| 1921 | #553 | 165 | #141 | 1,114 |
| 1920 | #553 | 167 | #144 | 1,043 |
| 1919 | #587 | 142 | #147 | 917 |
| 1918 | #602 | 140 | #147 | 986 |
| 1917 | #670 | 103 | #150 | 861 |
| 1916 | #638 | 112 | #145 | 885 |
| 1915 | #743 | 80 | #147 | 801 |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | #144 | 649 |
| 1913 | #803 | 43 | #150 | 493 |
| 1912 | #763 | 43 | #147 | 405 |
| 1911 | #714 | 37 | #140 | 238 |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 | #131 | 251 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | #138 | 192 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | #128 | 198 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | #141 | 165 |
| 1906 | #895 | 17 | #142 | 146 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | #121 | 177 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #119 | 177 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #158 | 112 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | #130 | 148 |
| 1901 | — | #141 | 116 | |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | #113 | 205 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #142 | 111 |
| 1898 | — | #126 | 143 | |
| 1897 | — | #137 | 118 | |
| 1896 | — | #171 | 94 | |
| 1895 | — | #151 | 102 | |
| 1894 | — | #125 | 127 | |
| 1893 | — | #128 | 118 | |
| 1892 | — | #136 | 117 | |
| 1891 | — | #128 | 107 | |
| 1890 | — | #137 | 103 | |
| 1889 | — | #129 | 110 | |
| 1888 | — | #163 | 92 | |
| 1887 | — | #131 | 98 | |
| 1886 | — | #118 | 125 | |
| 1885 | — | #119 | 115 | |
| 1884 | — | #120 | 121 | |
| 1883 | — | #118 | 107 | |
| 1882 | — | #132 | 105 | |
| 1881 | — | #121 | 97 | |
| 1880 | — | #99 | 136 | |
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.
See more about Jerry
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1941 at #14 (16,799 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 58 yrs · run 1926–1982
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 73 boys born in 1941 were named Jerry (1.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,519 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 27.2% of all boys named Jerry (167,257) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,106 | #99 (1880) | #125 |
| 1890s | 1,140 | #125 (1894) | #138 |
| 1900s | 1,636 | #113 (1900) | #133 |
| 1910s | 6,486 | #131 (1910) | #145 |
| 1920s | 17,449 | #61 (1929) | #111 |
| 1930s | 80,690 | #16 (1939) | #27 |
| 1940s | 167,257 | #14 (1941) | #18 |
| 1950s | 136,567 | #24 (1950) | #31 |
| 1960s | 93,544 | #37 (1960) | #40 |
| 1970s | 48,351 | #45 (1970) | #64 |
| 1980s | 25,755 | #94 (1980) | #114 |
| 1990s | 16,577 | #146 (1990) | #195 |
| 2000s | 10,646 | #261 (2001) | #303 |
| 2010s | 5,918 | #384 (2010) | #494 |
| 2020s | 1,980 | #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
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
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).
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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.