How Many People Are Named Gerold?
people named Gerold are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 240,524 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,966 babies named Gerold in Social Security records from 1912 to 2002, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
90 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German form of GERALD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gerold in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gerold alive today is about 65 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gerold first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1939, to 90 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2002.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2002
🏆 Rank History
Gerold has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #614, in 1939.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #614 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #803 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gerold alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gerold were born in California than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gerold was given 7.5 times as often in Wisconsin, 4.2 times in Michigan and 3.8 times in Illinois.
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