Jerry
Jerry was given to 262 boys in 2025, #907 among boys’ names; 632,416 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 358,000 Americans named Jerry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 54 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jerry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jerry mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jerry is “a diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, and similar male given names.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn.”
Clipping + -y.
/ˈd͡ʒɛɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jerry?
#907 among boys’ names, 2025
Jerry fell from #488 in 2015 to #907 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.31 to 0.15 per 1,000.
19,263 babies in 1947, the peak
Jerry peaked in 1947, when 19,263 babies were given it (18,794 boys, #20 among boys’ names). The 262 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 262 | #907 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 279 | #866 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 287 | #848 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 341 | #751 | 0.20 |
| 2021 | 354 | #729 | 0.20 |
| 2020 | 457 | #601 | 0.26 |
| 2019 | 381 | #676 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 455 | #600 | 0.25 |
| 2017 | 496 | #554 | 0.27 |
| 2016 | 597 | #503 | 0.31 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 603 | #488 | 0.31 |
| 2014 | 656 | #452 | 0.34 |
| 2013 | 636 | #449 | 0.34 |
| 2012 | 620 | #444 | 0.33 |
| 2011 | 724 | #393 | 0.38 |
| 2010 | 750 | #384 | 0.39 |
| 2009 | 820 | #370 | 0.41 |
| 2008 | 1,049 | #319 | 0.51 |
| 2007 | 996 | #322 | 0.48 |
| 2006 | 1,010 | #318 | 0.49 |
| 2005 | 1,046 | #315 | 0.52 |
| 2004 | 1,088 | #293 | 0.55 |
| 2003 | 1,089 | #286 | 0.55 |
| 2002 | 1,041 | #286 | 0.54 |
| 2001 | 1,256 | #261 | 0.65 |
| 2000 | 1,251 | #264 | 0.64 |
| 1999 | 1,300 | #246 | 0.68 |
| 1998 | 1,398 | #228 | 0.73 |
| 1997 | 1,458 | #212 | 0.77 |
| 1996 | 1,609 | #194 | 0.85 |
| 1995 | 1,516 | #200 | 0.80 |
| 1994 | 1,615 | #192 | 0.84 |
| 1993 | 1,727 | #186 | 0.88 |
| 1992 | 1,769 | #183 | 0.89 |
| 1991 | 1,999 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1990 | 2,186 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 2,165 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1988 | 2,266 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 2,233 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1986 | 2,267 | #121 | 1.2 |
| 1985 | 2,423 | #116 | 1.3 |
| 1984 | 2,457 | #111 | 1.4 |
| 1983 | 2,757 | #103 | 1.5 |
| 1982 | 2,942 | #100 | 1.6 |
| 1981 | 3,056 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 1980 | 3,189 | #94 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 3,446 | #85 | 2.0 |
| 1978 | 3,427 | #82 | 2.1 |
| 1977 | 3,745 | #75 | 2.3 |
| 1976 | 4,070 | #67 | 2.6 |
| 1975 | 4,311 | #65 | 2.8 |
| 1974 | 4,664 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1973 | 5,097 | #57 | 3.3 |
| 1972 | 5,597 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 1971 | 6,572 | #50 | 3.7 |
| 1970 | 7,422 | #45 | 4.0 |
| 1969 | 7,283 | #45 | 4.1 |
| 1968 | 7,450 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1967 | 7,780 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1966 | 8,429 | #41 | 4.7 |
| 1965 | 9,015 | #41 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 9,606 | #40 | 4.8 |
| 1963 | 10,189 | #38 | 5.0 |
| 1962 | 10,576 | #38 | 5.1 |
| 1961 | 11,381 | #37 | 5.4 |
| 1960 | 11,835 | #37 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | 12,324 | #36 | 5.8 |
| 1958 | 12,917 | #35 | 6.1 |
| 1957 | 13,283 | #35 | 6.2 |
| 1956 | 12,623 | #35 | 6.0 |
| 1955 | 12,975 | #33 | 6.3 |
| 1954 | 13,681 | #31 | 6.7 |
| 1953 | 13,901 | #29 | 7.0 |
| 1952 | 14,438 | #26 | 7.4 |
| 1951 | 15,164 | #24 | 8.1 |
| 1950 | 15,261 | #24 | 8.5 |
| 1949 | 15,871 | #23 | 8.9 |
| 1948 | 16,809 | #21 | 9.6 |
| 1947 | 18,794 | #20 | 10.3 |
| 1946 | 17,567 | #20 | 10.8 |
| 1945 | 14,704 | #20 | 10.9 |
| 1944 | 16,282 | #19 | 11.9 |
| 1943 | 17,730 | #17 | 12.4 |
| 1942 | 17,488 | #16 | 12.7 |
| 1941 | 16,799 | #14 | 13.7 |
| 1940 | 15,213 | #14 | 13.1 |
| 1939 | 13,729 | #16 | 12.4 |
| 1938 | 12,172 | #17 | 11.0 |
| 1937 | 10,301 | #17 | 9.7 |
| 1936 | 9,271 | #18 | 8.9 |
| 1935 | 8,452 | #22 | 8.1 |
| 1934 | 7,134 | #25 | 6.9 |
| 1933 | 6,066 | #31 | 6.1 |
| 1932 | 5,303 | #34 | 5.1 |
| 1931 | 4,371 | #43 | 4.2 |
| 1930 | 3,891 | #51 | 3.5 |
| 1929 | 2,991 | #61 | 2.8 |
| 1928 | 2,588 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1927 | 2,215 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1926 | 1,934 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 1925 | 1,625 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1924 | 1,466 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1923 | 1,276 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1922 | 1,197 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1921 | 1,114 | #141 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 1,043 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1919 | 917 | #147 | 0.94 |
| 1918 | 986 | #147 | 1.0 |
| 1917 | 861 | #150 | 0.93 |
| 1916 | 885 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1915 | 801 | #147 | 0.94 |
| 1914 | 649 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1913 | 493 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1912 | 405 | #147 | 0.94 |
| 1911 | 238 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1910 | 251 | #131 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 192 | #138 | 1.2 |
| 1908 | 198 | #128 | 1.3 |
| 1907 | 165 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1906 | 146 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1905 | 177 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1904 | 177 | #120 | 1.4 |
| 1903 | 112 | #158 | 0.94 |
| 1902 | 148 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1901 | 116 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1900 | 205 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1899 | 111 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1898 | 143 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1897 | 118 | #138 | 1.0 |
| 1896 | 94 | #171 | 0.79 |
| 1895 | 102 | #152 | 0.87 |
| 1894 | 127 | #125 | 1.1 |
| 1893 | 118 | #128 | 1.1 |
| 1892 | 117 | #139 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 107 | #128 | 1.1 |
| 1890 | 103 | #137 | 0.93 |
| 1889 | 110 | #129 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 92 | #163 | 0.76 |
| 1887 | 98 | #131 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 125 | #118 | 1.1 |
| 1885 | 115 | #119 | 1.1 |
| 1884 | 121 | #120 | 1.1 |
| 1883 | 107 | #119 | 1.0 |
| 1882 | 105 | #132 | 0.92 |
| 1881 | 97 | #122 | 1.0 |
| 1880 | 136 | #99 | 1.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jerry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 632,416 Americans recorded as Jerry, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 262 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jerry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jerry, and how old are they?
358,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 632,416 Americans ever recorded as Jerry. The median Jerry alive today is 66 years old; half are between 54 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 369,611 people named Jerry (7,031 women and girls, 362,580 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 417,022 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 50,500 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 170,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 81,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 33,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 16,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,770 |
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 Jerry born?
The states with the most babies named Jerry are Texas, California and Ohio, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 55,538 | #1,026 | 1.4× |
| California | 40,908 | #850 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 31,902 | #831 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 30,645 | #844 | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 28,974 | #731 | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 28,545 | #694 | 1.9× |
| Indiana | 24,485 | #563 | 1.5× |
| Georgia | 23,546 | #953 | 1.4× |
| Alabama | 23,208 | #812 | 1.6× |
| Missouri | 22,580 | #615 | 1.4× |
Where Jerry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jerry is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 2.1 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 Jerry 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 712,811 babies since 1880, Jerry is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 262 of their 283 babies (93%), 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 Jerry
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 Jerry and names like it
- Compare Jerry and JeriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sJerry peaked in 1947.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jerry since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Jerry.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jerry alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.