Jerald
Jerald was given to 26 boys in 2025, #4,080 among boys’ names; 26,293 Americans have been recorded with it since 1909 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,800 Americans named Jerald and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 47 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jerald by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jerald mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jerald is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jerald?
#4,080 among boys’ names, 2025
Jerald fell from #3,324 in 2015 to #4,080 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 17.7 to 15.2 per million.
654 babies in 1942, the peak
Jerald peaked in 1942, when 654 babies were given it (647 boys, #223 among boys’ names). The 26 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,080 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,925 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,394 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,360 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,860 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,234 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,449 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,128 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,037 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,257 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | #3,324 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,007 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,088 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,465 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,024 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,758 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,366 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,246 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,988 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,427 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,044 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,115 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,597 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,823 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,317 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,590 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,479 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,324 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,273 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 107 | #1,112 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,172 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 126 | #985 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 118 | #1,007 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 148 | #865 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 147 | #865 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 158 | #807 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 164 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 189 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1987 | 129 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 142 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 145 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 123 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 168 | #660 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 180 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 202 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 193 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 195 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 180 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 219 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 233 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 208 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 238 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1973 | 279 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 294 | #457 | 0.18 |
| 1971 | 320 | #455 | 0.18 |
| 1970 | 430 | #388 | 0.23 |
| 1969 | 415 | #384 | 0.23 |
| 1968 | 341 | #415 | 0.20 |
| 1967 | 374 | #393 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 425 | #366 | 0.24 |
| 1965 | 402 | #391 | 0.22 |
| 1964 | 440 | #377 | 0.22 |
| 1963 | 422 | #386 | 0.21 |
| 1962 | 462 | #375 | 0.22 |
| 1961 | 445 | #374 | 0.21 |
| 1960 | 406 | #391 | 0.19 |
| 1959 | 412 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1958 | 482 | #348 | 0.23 |
| 1957 | 498 | #339 | 0.23 |
| 1956 | 501 | #332 | 0.24 |
| 1955 | 535 | #319 | 0.26 |
| 1954 | 503 | #321 | 0.25 |
| 1953 | 541 | #306 | 0.27 |
| 1952 | 555 | #300 | 0.29 |
| 1951 | 536 | #301 | 0.28 |
| 1950 | 509 | #300 | 0.28 |
| 1949 | 584 | #282 | 0.33 |
| 1948 | 548 | #291 | 0.31 |
| 1947 | 609 | #274 | 0.33 |
| 1946 | 564 | #269 | 0.35 |
| 1945 | 527 | #251 | 0.39 |
| 1944 | 547 | #246 | 0.40 |
| 1943 | 623 | #231 | 0.44 |
| 1942 | 647 | #223 | 0.47 |
| 1941 | 559 | #229 | 0.46 |
| 1940 | 502 | #240 | 0.43 |
| 1939 | 455 | #253 | 0.41 |
| 1938 | 420 | #268 | 0.38 |
| 1937 | 411 | #268 | 0.39 |
| 1936 | 394 | #271 | 0.38 |
| 1935 | 294 | #315 | 0.28 |
| 1934 | 288 | #318 | 0.28 |
| 1933 | 263 | #331 | 0.27 |
| 1932 | 256 | #345 | 0.25 |
| 1931 | 246 | #354 | 0.24 |
| 1930 | 191 | #427 | 0.17 |
| 1929 | 179 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1928 | 144 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 123 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 124 | #545 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 109 | #605 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 84 | #724 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 78 | #741 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 113 | #610 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 78 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 59 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 58 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 59 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 61 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 54 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,036 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,160 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,574 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jerald a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jerald has been given almost only to boys: 102 girls in 117 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jerald: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jerald, and how old are they?
15,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 26,293 Americans ever recorded as Jerald. The median Jerald alive today is 62 years old; half are between 47 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 18,095 people named Jerald (93 women and girls, 18,002 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 17,897 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,720 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,240 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,230 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,040 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 414 |
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 Jerald born?
The states with the most babies named Jerald are California, Texas and Illinois, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,020 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 1,682 | #2,748 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,360 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 1,253 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Indiana | 1,028 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| New York | 982 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Iowa | 978 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Michigan | 959 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 791 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 754 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Jerald is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jerald is most over-represented in South Dakota: since 1910 it was given 4.2 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 Jerald 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 43,788 babies since 1880, Jerald is the most given (60% of them). In 2025 it was given to 26 of their 26 babies (100%), again the most given.
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 Jerald
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 Jerald and names like it
- Compare Jerald and JerroldBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sJerald peaked in 1942.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jerald since 1910.
- The top names of 1942The year the most babies were named Jerald.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jerald alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.