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Jerry

Boys' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~385,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#906 among boys
Births in 2025
262 632,416 since 1880
Typical age
66 years, median

Jerry popularity over time

Jerry rank by birth year, 1880–2025Jerry ranked #99 in 1880 and #906 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1940.#100#1,000#906best #14 in 194018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Jerry was used most in 1947, when 19,263 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Jerry has spent 58 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #906 with 262 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 57%. It slipped 40 places against the previous year.

Babies named Jerry per yearPeaks at 19,263 births in 1947.19,263 in 1947018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jerry?

About 385,000 people named Jerry are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 632,416 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jerry?

Median age among living Jerrys: 66. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Jerry a mid-century perennial name.

Your Jerry

Ages of living people named JerryHalf of living Jerrys are older than 66 and half younger.median 66020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jerry is most common

Relative to births, Mississippi carries 2.4× the national share of Jerrys. Arkansas, Alabama and Indiana follow.

Where Jerry is used more than average5 states use the name Jerry more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: 1.9× the national rateINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: 2.2× the national rateARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 1.9× the national rateOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.4× the national rateMSAlabama: 2.1× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jerry is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 60 2.4×
Arkansas 60 2.2×
Alabama 98 2.1×
Indiana 133 1.9×
Oklahoma 72 1.9×

Jerry in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Jerry ranked #1,705 in 2025 on 15 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Jerry comes from

A shortening of y.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Jerry

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jerry Lewis American comedian, actor and film director 1926–2017 86
Jerry Rawlings fourth President of the Republic of Ghana 1947–2020 56
Jerry West American basketball player and executive 1938–2024 53
Jerry Brown Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 1938 48
Jerry Bruckheimer American film and television producer 1943 45
Jerry Yang founder of Yahoo! 1968 43
Jerry Stiller American actor and comedian 1927–2020 42
Jerry O'Connell American actor 1974 41
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 275 in 1911 to 448 in 1912 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Jerry

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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