Gerry
Gerry was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,182 among boys’ names; 21,125 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,700 Americans named Gerry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 56 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gerry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gerry mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gerry is “a diminutive of the male given names Gerald and Gerard.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Geraldine.”
Clipping + -y.
/ˈɡɛɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gerry?
#9,182 among boys’ names, 2025
Gerry rose from #9,894 in 2015 to #9,182 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.7 to 4.7 per million.
637 babies in 1957, the peak
Gerry peaked in 1957, when 637 babies were given it (514 boys, #336 among boys’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 8 | #9,182 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 9 | #8,550 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 11 | #7,430 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 6 | #11,331 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 8 | #9,108 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 17 | #5,322 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 16 | #5,645 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 9 | #8,380 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 13 | #6,432 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 20 | #4,839 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 7 | #9,894 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 16 | #5,557 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 17 | #5,242 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 8 | #9,145 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 16 | #5,500 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 12 | #6,807 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 31 | #3,506 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 24 | #4,177 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 24 | #4,162 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 21 | #4,406 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 34 | #3,036 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 25 | #3,670 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 36 | #2,746 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 34 | #2,772 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 38 | #2,536 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 26 | #3,233 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 35 | #2,518 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 51 | #1,907 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 37 | #2,275 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 58 | #1,657 | |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,195 | 44 | #1,928 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,948 | 49 | #1,781 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,302 | 64 | #1,458 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,278 | 72 | #1,327 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,828 | 59 | #1,482 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,576 | 73 | #1,294 |
| 1989 | under 5 | 73 | #1,266 | |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,440 | 75 | #1,164 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 68 | #1,163 | |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,304 | 68 | #1,145 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,225 | 76 | #1,059 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,448 | 73 | #1,045 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,376 | 79 | #997 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 107 | #862 | |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,358 | 91 | #940 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,042 | 95 | #913 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,529 | 105 | #845 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,511 | 114 | #795 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,738 | 104 | #837 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,432 | 105 | #815 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,214 | 114 | #776 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,240 | 120 | #740 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,468 | 125 | #720 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,619 | 161 | #620 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,305 | 198 | #583 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,094 | 194 | #579 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,069 | 233 | #510 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,923 | 209 | #528 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,668 | 233 | #490 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,865 | 258 | #479 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,657 | 294 | #452 |
| 1964 | 76 | #1,271 | 297 | #462 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,584 | 290 | #463 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,464 | 327 | #438 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,290 | 376 | #407 |
| 1960 | 99 | #1,082 | 426 | #383 |
| 1959 | 128 | #922 | 484 | #354 |
| 1958 | 111 | #986 | 523 | #336 |
| 1957 | 123 | #925 | 514 | #336 |
| 1956 | 102 | #1,012 | 453 | #346 |
| 1955 | 110 | #940 | 393 | #366 |
| 1954 | 114 | #898 | 336 | #391 |
| 1953 | 118 | #862 | 335 | #377 |
| 1952 | 134 | #769 | 312 | #388 |
| 1951 | 155 | #701 | 259 | #423 |
| 1950 | 154 | #695 | 291 | #395 |
| 1949 | 184 | #607 | 302 | #387 |
| 1948 | 212 | #574 | 335 | #370 |
| 1947 | 233 | #558 | 375 | #353 |
| 1946 | 199 | #564 | 336 | #353 |
| 1945 | 198 | #517 | 276 | #358 |
| 1944 | 182 | #537 | 285 | #353 |
| 1943 | 250 | #468 | 273 | #371 |
| 1942 | 243 | #472 | 330 | #335 |
| 1941 | 187 | #506 | 235 | #378 |
| 1940 | 186 | #507 | 216 | #387 |
| 1939 | 200 | #471 | 169 | #440 |
| 1938 | 175 | #505 | 170 | #443 |
| 1937 | 149 | #548 | 167 | #438 |
| 1936 | 140 | #551 | 134 | #489 |
| 1935 | 140 | #543 | 116 | #537 |
| 1934 | 126 | #576 | 104 | #579 |
| 1933 | 118 | #595 | 80 | #652 |
| 1932 | 152 | #534 | 74 | #724 |
| 1931 | 139 | #555 | 66 | #770 |
| 1930 | 130 | #607 | 63 | #818 |
| 1929 | 107 | #682 | 42 | #1,063 |
| 1928 | 115 | #653 | 42 | #1,085 |
| 1927 | 85 | #788 | 31 | #1,332 |
| 1926 | 101 | #723 | 40 | #1,134 |
| 1925 | 71 | #879 | 20 | #1,758 |
| 1924 | 80 | #841 | 20 | #1,801 |
| 1923 | 68 | #891 | 8 | #3,273 |
| 1922 | 64 | #919 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1921 | 66 | #914 | 18 | #1,931 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,160 | 10 | #2,848 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,143 | 17 | #1,915 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,423 | 22 | #1,620 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,524 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,553 | 9 | #2,799 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,174 | 10 | #2,515 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,850 | 6 | #3,050 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,417 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,041 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 5 | #1,839 | |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,012 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 5 | #1,309 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 7 | #1,005 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Gerry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 21,125 Americans recorded as Gerry, 32% are girls and 68% boys. Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Gerry every year since 1940. In 2025 it went to 8 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Gerry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gerry, and how old are they?
12,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 21,125 Americans ever recorded as Gerry. The median Gerry alive today is 67 years old; half are between 56 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 15,883 people named Gerry (3,965 women and girls, 11,918 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,609 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,740 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,450 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,720 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,160 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 444 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 156 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gerry born?
The states with the most babies named Gerry are California, Texas and Illinois, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,782 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 1,415 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 1,035 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 1,008 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 845 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 843 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 758 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 609 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 496 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 382 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Gerry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gerry is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gerry with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 31,506 babies since 1880, Gerry is the most given (67% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 261 babies (3.1%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gerry
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gerry and names like it
- Compare Gerry and GreyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sGerry peaked in 1957.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gerry since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Gerry.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Gerry alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.