Gery — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gery

The Social Security Administration has registered 758 babies named Gery between 1939 and 2008, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gery currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gery performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 371 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gery shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Gery in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gery 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 758 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.