Jerald — #3891 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerald

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,166 babies named Jerald between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerald currently holds the #3891 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 647 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerald performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 5,710 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Jerald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,020 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerald in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerald 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 26,166 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.