Jerrold — #12379 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jerrold

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,467 babies named Jerrold between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jerrold currently holds the #12379 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 343 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jerrold performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jerrold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 870 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jerrold in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jerrold 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 8,467 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.