first name
JERALD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,095 people named Jerald, 77% reported their origin as White, 13.7% as Black and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jerald peaked in 1942, when 654 babies got the name.
At least 26,293 babies have been given the name since 1909. 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.
Jerald by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #549. The largest share of babies named Jerald, 36.5%, 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 Jerald is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jerald has been most common in South Dakota (7.1×), Iowa (3.4×), and North Dakota (3.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.18×).
21,480 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 Jerald
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jerald, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jerald ranks #75,363 of 156,621, with 276 people. See Jerald as a last name
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