Jerald
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Jerald is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Jerald mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jerald a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerald is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jerald in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Jerald, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 1942, with 647 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Jerald in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerald in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,588 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,814 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,312 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,474 |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,319 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,271 |
| 1996 | 107 | #1,110 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,168 |
| 1994 | 126 | #984 |
| 1993 | 118 | #1,003 |
| 1992 | 148 | #864 |
| 1991 | 147 | #863 |
| 1990 | 158 | #805 |
| 1989 | 164 | #771 |
| 1988 | 189 | #684 |
| 1987 | 129 | #817 |
| 1986 | 142 | #760 |
| 1985 | 145 | #733 |
| 1984 | 123 | #780 |
| 1983 | 168 | #659 |
| 1982 | 180 | #642 |
| 1981 | 202 | #601 |
| 1980 | 193 | #628 |
| 1979 | 195 | #612 |
| 1978 | 180 | #623 |
| 1977 | 219 | #564 |
| 1976 | 233 | #530 |
| 1975 | 208 | #561 |
| 1974 | 238 | #512 |
| 1973 | 279 | #467 |
| 1972 | 294 | #457 |
| 1971 | 320 | #454 |
| 1970 | 430 | #388 |
| 1969 | 415 | #384 |
| 1968 | 341 | #415 |
| 1967 | 374 | #392 |
| 1966 | 425 | #366 |
| 1965 | 402 | #389 |
| 1964 | 440 | #377 |
| 1963 | 422 | #386 |
| 1962 | 462 | #375 |
| 1961 | 445 | #374 |
| 1960 | 406 | #391 |
| 1959 | 412 | #390 |
| 1958 | 482 | #348 |
| 1957 | 498 | #339 |
| 1956 | 501 | #332 |
| 1955 | 535 | #319 |
| 1954 | 503 | #320 |
| 1953 | 541 | #306 |
| 1952 | 555 | #300 |
| 1951 | 536 | #301 |
| 1950 | 509 | #300 |
| 1949 | 584 | #281 |
| 1948 | 548 | #291 |
| 1947 | 609 | #274 |
| 1946 | 564 | #269 |
| 1945 | 527 | #251 |
| 1944 | 547 | #246 |
| 1943 | 623 | #231 |
| 1942 | 647 | #223 |
| 1941 | 559 | #229 |
| 1940 | 502 | #240 |
| 1939 | 455 | #253 |
| 1938 | 420 | #268 |
| 1937 | 411 | #268 |
| 1936 | 394 | #271 |
| 1935 | 294 | #315 |
| 1934 | 288 | #318 |
| 1933 | 263 | #331 |
| 1932 | 256 | #345 |
| 1931 | 246 | #352 |
| 1930 | 191 | #426 |
| 1929 | 179 | #442 |
| 1928 | 144 | #504 |
| 1927 | 123 | #558 |
| 1926 | 124 | #545 |
| 1925 | 109 | #605 |
| 1924 | 84 | #722 |
| 1923 | 78 | #737 |
| 1922 | 113 | #608 |
| 1921 | 78 | #750 |
| 1920 | 59 | #896 |
| 1919 | 58 | #867 |
| 1918 | 59 | #855 |
| 1917 | 61 | #804 |
| 1916 | 54 | #856 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
Names like Jerald
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Richard Ronald Johnny Jeffrey Gerald Jerry David Jimmy Donald Robert Robin Bobby
Names related to Jerald
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jerald: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jerald, updated 20 October 2026.