Gerold — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerold

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,965 babies named Gerold between 1912 and 2002, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 90 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerold performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 662 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Gerold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 112 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerold in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerold in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,965 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.