Recorded 1909–2025 · United States
Jerald was most popular in 1942, when 654 American babies were given the name — ranking #493 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 26,293 people named Jerald.
Jerald first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1909, which makes it about 116 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 117 of the 117 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 26,293 American births named Jerald between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 16,382 are estimated to be alive today.
26 American babies were named Jerald in 2025, ranking #8,652 that year.
Jerald is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 26 births a year, against 39 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -34% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jerald is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 26,293 Americans given it were girls and 99.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 16,382 Americans named Jerald are alive today — 62% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 62 years old, and half are between 48 and 74.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Gerald · Germanic · "rule of the spear"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org