Gerry
Gerry is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 335th, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1958524 births
- Best rank
- #335in 1942
- Since 1904
- 21,117people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,460 boys have been named Gerry in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 524 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 524 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 27%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Gerry is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (6,657), most of them born around 1943.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gerry | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 82 | |
| 1920s | 252 | |
| 1930s | 1,143 | |
| 1940s | 2,963 | |
| 1950s | 3,900 | |
| 1960s | 2,943 | |
| 1970s | 1,340 | |
| 1980s | 805 | |
| 1990s | 542 | |
| 2000s | 293 | |
| 2010s | 134 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Gerry was the 336th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Gerry
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mickeypeak 1957
- Ronniepeak 1947
- Donniepeak 1952
- Ronnypeak 1947
- Stanpeak 1959
- Roddypeak 1960
- Ronneypeak 1955
- Johnnypeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.