first name
JERRY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 369,611 people named Jerry, 77% reported their origin as White, 11.3% as Black and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jerry peaked in 1947, when 19,263 babies got the name.
At least 632,416 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Jerry by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #33. The largest share of babies named Jerry, 41.8%, 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 Jerry is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jerry has been most common in Arkansas (2.6×), Oklahoma (2.4×), and Mississippi (2.1×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.14×).
623,072 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 Jerry
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jerry, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jerry ranks #11,459 of 156,621, with 2,630 people. See Jerry as a last name
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