Jerard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerard

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,039 babies named Jerard between 1920 and 2019, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerard performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jerard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerard in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerard 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 1,039 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.