Jerrold
Boy · JER-uld · Germanic
Jerrold is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jerrold mean?
Germanic: variant of Gerald
“spear ruler”
A variant of Gerald; as a surname it was borne by the Victorian humorist Douglas Jerrold, a writer for Punch.
- Say it
- JER-uld
Is Jerrold a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerrold is a boys' name.
How popular is Jerrold in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1954, with 343 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Jerrold in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerrold in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 40 | #1,515 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,206 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,005 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,036 |
| 1976 | 73 | #973 |
| 1975 | 95 | #854 |
| 1974 | 86 | #861 |
| 1973 | 82 | #879 |
| 1972 | 105 | #778 |
| 1971 | 137 | #705 |
| 1970 | 171 | #621 |
| 1969 | 133 | #685 |
| 1968 | 83 | #814 |
| 1967 | 93 | #761 |
| 1966 | 114 | #694 |
| 1965 | 102 | #734 |
| 1964 | 122 | #699 |
| 1963 | 116 | #726 |
| 1962 | 109 | #733 |
| 1961 | 112 | #725 |
| 1960 | 109 | #737 |
| 1959 | 122 | #690 |
| 1958 | 124 | #682 |
| 1957 | 151 | #623 |
| 1956 | 183 | #561 |
| 1955 | 243 | #471 |
| 1954 | 343 | #384 |
| 1953 | 309 | #397 |
| 1952 | 281 | #411 |
| 1951 | 279 | #406 |
| 1950 | 226 | #440 |
| 1949 | 165 | #520 |
| 1948 | 165 | #512 |
| 1947 | 189 | #489 |
| 1946 | 190 | #462 |
| 1945 | 159 | #471 |
| 1944 | 142 | #509 |
| 1943 | 170 | #476 |
| 1942 | 185 | #453 |
| 1941 | 170 | #452 |
| 1940 | 145 | #478 |
| 1939 | 162 | #451 |
| 1938 | 125 | #518 |
| 1937 | 137 | #487 |
| 1936 | 112 | #542 |
| 1935 | 122 | #522 |
| 1934 | 121 | #535 |
| 1933 | 97 | #588 |
| 1932 | 94 | #615 |
| 1931 | 96 | #602 |
| 1930 | 99 | #618 |
| 1929 | 74 | #729 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 55 | #924 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,040 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,242 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,766 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,437 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Nicknames for Jerrold
- Jerry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jerrold
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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