Jerrald — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerrald

The Social Security Administration has registered 835 babies named Jerrald between 1918 and 2009, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerrald currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerrald performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jerrald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jerrald in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerrald 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 835 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.