Jerold — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerold

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,434 babies named Jerold between 1912 and 2022, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 228 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerold performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,867 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jerold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 549 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerold in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerold 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 7,434 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.