How rare is the name Jerrod?

7,643 people in the United States have the first name Jerrod, about 1 in 39,517. It ranks #2,949 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JERROD

#2,949

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,643
About
1 in 39,517
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,643 people named Jerrod, 65.8% reported their origin as White, 24.2% as Black and 4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jerrod peaked in 1985, when 372 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19452025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
372
In 2025*
13 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,371 babies have been given the name since 1945. 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.

Jerrod by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,047. The largest share of babies named Jerrod, 49.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#10,39823
1960s#3,002387
1970s#1,1892,324
1980s#1,0473,410
1990s#1,6612,082
2000s#4,341686
2010s#6,947367
2020s#12,78187
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–8032.5%
Millennials 1981–9649.8%
Generation Z 1997–1213.9%
2013 and later3.3%

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 Jerrod is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jerrod has been most common in Oklahoma (3.5×), Kansas (2.6×), and Ohio (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.39×).

6,820 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.

Exactly as common as Jerrod

1 other first name also has 7,643 people.

#2,949 Ned · 7,643

Either side of Jerrod

#2,946 Moira · 7,659#2,948 Domenic · 7,645#2,949 Ned · 7,643#2,951 Lashawn · 7,636

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jerrod, most common first.

#3,855 Jerod · 5,107#9,505 Jerrad · 1,458#10,046 Jerred · 1,347#13,410 Jerrid · 902

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