How Many People Are Named Jerry?
people named Jerry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 930 people in the US has this name
Based on 632,416 babies named Jerry in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
19,263 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JEREMY, JEROME, GERALD, GERALDINE, and other names beginning with the same sound.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jerry in English. Counting Jerry and these spellings together, about 383,235 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jerry, 2.3% were girls and 97.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jerry alive today is about 62 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jerry first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 19,263 babies. In 2025, 262 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jerry never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #14, in 1940 to 1941, and it was in the top 100 in 58 years between 1880 and 1982. In 2025 it ranked #907.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #907 |
| Best rank | #14 (1940 to 1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | 58 (1880 to 1982) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #19 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jerry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jerry were born in Texas than in any other state: about 33,213 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jerry was given 2.3 times as often in Arkansas, 2.2 times in Oklahoma and 2.1 times in Tennessee.
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