How Many People Are Named Gerry?
people named Gerry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 26,313 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,125 babies named Gerry in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
637 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of GERALD, GERARD or GERALDINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gerry in English. Counting Gerry and these spellings together, about 383,235 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gerry, 26.3% were girls and 73.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Gerry fell from 67.8% in the 1910s to 0% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gerry alive today is about 63 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gerry first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1957, to 637 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gerry has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #335, in 1942. In 2025 it ranked #9,182. Among girls, its best rank was #468, in 1943.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,182 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #335 (1942) | #468 (1943) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #368 in the 1950s | #532 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gerry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gerry were born in California than in any other state: about 1,124 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gerry was given about 1.7 times as often in California, Indiana and Texas.
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