Is Jerry a boy or girl name?
Jerry is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 277 boys were named Jerry, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 2.7% of the 632,139 US babies named Jerry were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #867
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Jerry since 1880
- 632,139
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 19,260 babies
Boys and girls named Jerry, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,106 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,140 | 7 | 0.6% |
| 1900s | 1,636 | 120 | 6.8% |
| 1910s | 6,486 | 787 | 10.8% |
| 1920s | 17,449 | 2,177 | 11.1% |
| 1930s | 80,689 | 4,151 | 4.9% |
| 1940s | 167,250 | 4,981 | 2.9% |
| 1950s | 136,571 | 2,528 | 1.8% |
| 1960s | 93,540 | 1,234 | 1.3% |
| 1970s | 48,351 | 730 | 1.5% |
| 1980s | 25,757 | 394 | 1.5% |
| 1990s | 16,577 | 150 | 0.9% |
| 2000s | 10,643 | 49 | 0.5% |
| 2010s | 5,915 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 2020s | 1,715 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 277 | #867 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 287 | #846 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 341 | #750 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 354 | #729 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 456 | #601 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 381 | #676 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 455 | #599 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 496 | #554 | 6 | #14,905 |
| 2016 | 597 | #503 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 603 | #488 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 656 | #452 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 636 | #449 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 619 | #444 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 723 | #394 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 749 | #384 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 820 | #370 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1,049 | #319 | 8 | #13,124 |
| 2007 | 995 | #323 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1,010 | #318 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1,045 | #315 | 5 | #17,639 |
| 2004 | 1,087 | #293 | 7 | #13,374 |
| 2003 | 1,089 | #286 | 6 | #14,662 |
| 2002 | 1,041 | #286 | 7 | #12,793 |
| 2001 | 1,256 | #261 | 6 | #14,301 |
| 2000 | 1,251 | #264 | 10 | #9,478 |
| 1999 | 1,300 | #246 | 9 | #9,842 |
| 1998 | 1,398 | #228 | 6 | #13,141 |
| 1997 | 1,458 | #212 | 15 | #6,309 |
| 1996 | 1,609 | #194 | 12 | #7,333 |
| 1995 | 1,516 | #200 | 16 | #5,799 |
| 1994 | 1,615 | #192 | 16 | #5,833 |
| 1993 | 1,727 | #186 | 17 | #5,523 |
| 1992 | 1,769 | #183 | 18 | #5,362 |
| 1991 | 1,999 | #160 | 18 | #5,268 |
| 1990 | 2,186 | #146 | 23 | #4,292 |
| 1989 | 2,164 | #142 | 25 | #3,936 |
| 1988 | 2,266 | #130 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 1987 | 2,233 | #125 | 34 | #2,872 |
| 1986 | 2,267 | #121 | 31 | #3,006 |
| 1985 | 2,423 | #116 | 48 | #2,189 |
| 1984 | 2,457 | #111 | 34 | #2,698 |
| 1983 | 2,758 | #103 | 42 | #2,287 |
| 1982 | 2,942 | #100 | 56 | #1,906 |
| 1981 | 3,056 | #97 | 31 | #2,879 |
| 1980 | 3,191 | #94 | 57 | #1,893 |
| 1979 | 3,446 | #85 | 44 | #2,227 |
| 1978 | 3,427 | #82 | 53 | #1,873 |
| 1977 | 3,745 | #75 | 46 | #2,073 |
| 1976 | 4,070 | #67 | 68 | #1,517 |
| 1975 | 4,312 | #65 | 74 | #1,418 |
| 1974 | 4,663 | #61 | 61 | #1,567 |
| 1973 | 5,097 | #57 | 81 | #1,281 |
| 1972 | 5,597 | #53 | 93 | #1,166 |
| 1971 | 6,572 | #50 | 95 | #1,198 |
| 1970 | 7,422 | #45 | 115 | #1,064 |
| 1969 | 7,283 | #45 | 97 | #1,126 |
| 1968 | 7,449 | #44 | 109 | #1,003 |
| 1967 | 7,779 | #41 | 110 | #974 |
| 1966 | 8,429 | #41 | 101 | #1,034 |
| 1965 | 9,014 | #41 | 114 | #961 |
| 1964 | 9,608 | #40 | 139 | #882 |
| 1963 | 10,188 | #38 | 119 | #976 |
| 1962 | 10,576 | #38 | 161 | #828 |
| 1961 | 11,377 | #37 | 126 | #961 |
| 1960 | 11,837 | #37 | 158 | #829 |
| 1959 | 12,326 | #36 | 192 | #727 |
| 1958 | 12,917 | #35 | 212 | #679 |
| 1957 | 13,284 | #35 | 236 | #639 |
| 1956 | 12,620 | #35 | 216 | #651 |
| 1955 | 12,975 | #33 | 218 | #630 |
| 1954 | 13,682 | #31 | 245 | #573 |
| 1953 | 13,902 | #29 | 277 | #516 |
| 1952 | 14,438 | #26 | 265 | #518 |
| 1951 | 15,165 | #24 | 315 | #469 |
| 1950 | 15,262 | #24 | 352 | #429 |
| 1949 | 15,870 | #23 | 344 | #426 |
| 1948 | 16,808 | #21 | 433 | #380 |
| 1947 | 18,791 | #20 | 469 | #370 |
| 1946 | 17,568 | #20 | 475 | #346 |
| 1945 | 14,702 | #20 | 414 | #335 |
| 1944 | 16,283 | #19 | 540 | #292 |
| 1943 | 17,729 | #17 | 626 | #281 |
| 1942 | 17,487 | #16 | 611 | #276 |
| 1941 | 16,799 | #14 | 547 | #272 |
| 1940 | 15,213 | #14 | 522 | #272 |
| 1939 | 13,729 | #16 | 505 | #276 |
| 1938 | 12,172 | #17 | 470 | #290 |
| 1937 | 10,302 | #17 | 422 | #300 |
| 1936 | 9,270 | #18 | 446 | #287 |
| 1935 | 8,451 | #22 | 414 | #297 |
| 1934 | 7,135 | #25 | 382 | #320 |
| 1933 | 6,065 | #31 | 390 | #316 |
| 1932 | 5,303 | #34 | 375 | #329 |
| 1931 | 4,371 | #43 | 385 | #324 |
| 1930 | 3,891 | #51 | 362 | #347 |
| 1929 | 2,991 | #61 | 276 | #399 |
| 1928 | 2,588 | #79 | 281 | #402 |
| 1927 | 2,215 | #93 | 254 | #433 |
| 1926 | 1,934 | #97 | 226 | #450 |
| 1925 | 1,625 | #107 | 232 | #455 |
| 1924 | 1,466 | #123 | 217 | #472 |
| 1923 | 1,276 | #131 | 192 | #503 |
| 1922 | 1,197 | #135 | 167 | #550 |
| 1921 | 1,114 | #141 | 165 | #555 |
| 1920 | 1,043 | #144 | 167 | #553 |
| 1919 | 917 | #147 | 142 | #589 |
| 1918 | 986 | #147 | 140 | #602 |
| 1917 | 861 | #150 | 103 | #673 |
| 1916 | 885 | #145 | 112 | #639 |
| 1915 | 801 | #147 | 80 | #744 |
| 1914 | 649 | #144 | 54 | #792 |
| 1913 | 493 | #150 | 43 | #806 |
| 1912 | 405 | #147 | 43 | #764 |
| 1911 | 238 | #140 | 37 | #715 |
| 1910 | 251 | #131 | 33 | #746 |
| 1909 | 192 | #138 | 16 | #1,031 |
| 1908 | 198 | #128 | 20 | #896 |
| 1907 | 165 | #141 | 15 | #1,014 |
| 1906 | 146 | #142 | 17 | #904 |
| 1905 | 177 | #121 | 12 | #1,126 |
| 1904 | 177 | #120 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1903 | 112 | #158 | 7 | #1,503 |
| 1902 | 148 | #130 | 10 | #1,171 |
| 1901 | 116 | #142 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 205 | #113 | 15 | #995 |
| 1899 | 111 | #142 | 7 | #1,326 |
| 1898 | 143 | #128 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 118 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 94 | #171 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 102 | #152 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 127 | #125 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 118 | #128 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 117 | #139 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 107 | #128 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 103 | #137 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 110 | #129 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 92 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 98 | #131 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 125 | #118 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 115 | #119 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 121 | #120 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 107 | #119 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 105 | #132 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 97 | #122 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 136 | #99 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Jerry reached #14 in 1940. As a girl name, it reached #272 in 1940. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Jerry
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.