first name
GERRY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,883 people named Gerry, 71% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Black and 6.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 75% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gerry peaked in 1957, when 637 babies got the name.
At least 21,125 babies have been given the name since 1904. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gerry by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #597. The largest share of babies named Gerry, 44.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gerry is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gerry has been most common in Indiana (1.8×), Michigan (1.6×), and Missouri (1.6×), and least common in Maryland (0.26×).
13,908 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Gerry
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gerry, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gerry ranks #11,833 of 156,621, with 2,530 people. See Gerry as a last name
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