Boys' name · since 1926
Gerrald
166 babies named Gerrald in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,092 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 166
- born since 1926
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gerrald sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 166 recorded since 1926.
Gerrald has 166 recorded births among boys since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1989.
- #14,092 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 166 born since 1926
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerrald ranks #14,092 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1926, peaking in the 1940s.
- #14,092 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 166
- born since 1926
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gerrald's 166 recorded births place it above 68.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gerrald's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gerrald's full recorded timeline at 1953, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1949 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gerrald popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1989
- Peak year (1949)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Gerrald by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (50 births, 30% of the file).
1940s was Gerrald's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Gerrald births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s
1940s
50 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 50 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Gerrald's decade-level peak was the 1940s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gerrald: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1926–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gerrald draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.