How Many People Are Named Jerald?
people named Jerald are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,168 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,293 babies named Jerald in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
654 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of GERALD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jerald in English. Counting Jerald and these spellings together, about 242,832 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jerald (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jerald alive today is about 58 years old, and 53% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jerald first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1942, to 654 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jerald has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #223, in 1942. In 2025 it ranked #4,080.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,080 |
| Best rank | #223 (1942) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #255 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jerald alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jerald were born in California than in any other state: about 1,445 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jerald was given 6 times as often in South Dakota, 2.9 times in Iowa and 2.8 times in Nebraska.
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