Gerald was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #19 in 1936 but is far less common today.
Gerald is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,206 for boy births in the United States (and #2,489 across all names), given to 168 babies. Gerald first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1942 (11,484 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,206 |
| 2024 | 178 | 178 | — | #1,171 |
| 2023 | 213 | 213 | — | #1,029 |
| 2022 | 206 | 206 | — | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 217 | 217 | — | #1,012 |
| 2020 | 230 | 235 | — | #955 |
| 2019 | 245 | 250 | — | #892 |
| 2018 | 242 | 242 | — | #895 |
| 2017 | 271 | 271 | — | #825 |
| 2016 | 284 | 284 | — | #810 |
| 2015 | 312 | 312 | — | #765 |
| 2014 | 281 | 286 | — | #810 |
| 2013 | 329 | 340 | — | #715 |
| 2012 | 346 | 354 | — | #684 |
| 2011 | 373 | 384 | — | #628 |
| 2010 | 348 | 355 | — | #679 |
| 2009 | 396 | 406 | — | #630 |
| 2008 | 415 | 428 | — | #604 |
| 2007 | 472 | 484 | — | #544 |
| 2006 | 465 | 483 | — | #545 |
| 2005 | 472 | 485 | — | #520 |
| 2004 | 552 | 573 | — | #463 |
| 2003 | 529 | 544 | — | #474 |
| 2002 | 556 | 569 | — | #444 |
| 2001 | 609 | 626 | — | #411 |
| 2000 | 680 | 701 | — | #382 |
| 1999 | 686 | 720 | — | #379 |
| 1998 | 671 | 691 | — | #376 |
| 1997 | 773 | — | — | #336 |
| 1996 | 822 | — | — | #322 |
| 1995 | 889 | — | — | #299 |
| 1994 | 954 | — | — | #284 |
| 1993 | 1,126 | — | #8,266 | #256 |
| 1992 | 1,182 | — | #9,791 | #245 |
| 1991 | 1,266 | — | #13,900 | #235 |
| 1990 | 1,451 | — | — | #212 |
| 1989 | 1,478 | — | #8,264 | #201 |
| 1988 | 1,412 | — | #7,920 | #194 |
| 1987 | 1,451 | — | #6,967 | #190 |
| 1986 | 1,465 | — | #6,772 | #183 |
| 1985 | 1,460 | — | #5,154 | #181 |
| 1984 | 1,457 | — | #5,311 | #176 |
| 1983 | 1,566 | — | #4,336 | #168 |
| 1982 | 1,739 | — | #3,683 | #158 |
| 1981 | 1,780 | — | #4,600 | #154 |
| 1980 | 1,836 | — | #4,390 | #148 |
| 1979 | 1,885 | — | #3,577 | #143 |
| 1978 | 1,908 | — | #3,821 | #137 |
| 1977 | 2,061 | — | #4,490 | #131 |
| 1976 | 2,158 | — | #3,575 | #120 |
| 1975 | 2,414 | — | #4,004 | #108 |
| 1974 | 2,437 | — | #3,349 | #108 |
| 1973 | 2,621 | — | #2,525 | #102 |
| 1972 | 2,831 | — | #3,954 | #102 |
| 1971 | 3,621 | — | #2,348 | #83 |
| 1970 | 4,442 | — | #1,963 | #67 |
| 1969 | 4,425 | — | #1,963 | #65 |
| 1968 | 4,504 | — | #2,264 | #62 |
| 1967 | 4,912 | — | #1,892 | #59 |
| 1966 | 4,893 | — | #2,159 | #60 |
| 1965 | 5,290 | — | #1,870 | #64 |
| 1964 | 5,901 | — | #2,122 | #60 |
| 1963 | 6,189 | — | #2,075 | #60 |
| 1962 | 6,264 | — | #2,091 | #65 |
| 1961 | 6,674 | — | #1,730 | #62 |
| 1960 | 6,607 | — | #1,902 | #62 |
| 1959 | 6,677 | — | #1,728 | #61 |
| 1958 | 6,898 | — | #1,917 | #58 |
| 1957 | 7,629 | — | #1,880 | #51 |
| 1956 | 8,024 | — | #1,880 | #49 |
| 1955 | 8,104 | — | #1,893 | #48 |
| 1954 | 8,590 | — | #1,655 | #44 |
| 1953 | 8,654 | — | #1,687 | #42 |
| 1952 | 9,063 | — | #1,756 | #39 |
| 1951 | 9,570 | — | #1,751 | #36 |
| 1950 | 9,766 | — | #1,461 | #34 |
| 1949 | 9,836 | — | #1,823 | #33 |
| 1948 | 9,879 | — | #1,526 | #30 |
| 1947 | 10,796 | — | #1,366 | #28 |
| 1946 | 10,066 | — | #1,541 | #27 |
| 1945 | 8,893 | — | #1,340 | #25 |
| 1944 | 10,061 | — | #1,298 | #24 |
| 1943 | 11,422 | — | #1,081 | #23 |
| 1942 | 11,521 | — | #1,330 | #22 |
| 1941 | 10,985 | — | #1,138 | #20 |
| 1940 | 10,279 | — | #1,104 | #21 |
| 1939 | 10,105 | — | #1,025 | #19 |
| 1938 | 10,009 | — | #1,209 | #19 |
| 1937 | 9,476 | — | #983 | #20 |
| 1936 | 9,057 | — | #1,138 | #19 |
| 1935 | 8,506 | — | #999 | #21 |
| 1934 | 7,865 | — | #988 | #22 |
| 1933 | 7,465 | — | #1,065 | #22 |
| 1932 | 7,391 | — | #1,073 | #24 |
| 1931 | 6,878 | — | #937 | #26 |
| 1930 | 6,523 | — | #1,184 | #30 |
| 1929 | 6,014 | — | #1,048 | #33 |
| 1928 | 5,527 | — | #1,216 | #41 |
| 1927 | 5,567 | — | #1,025 | #38 |
| 1926 | 5,171 | — | #1,085 | #41 |
| 1925 | 4,546 | — | #1,259 | #45 |
| 1924 | 4,172 | — | #1,946 | #49 |
| 1923 | 3,721 | — | #1,694 | #54 |
| 1922 | 3,564 | — | #1,809 | #58 |
| 1921 | 3,406 | — | #1,791 | #60 |
| 1920 | 3,178 | — | #1,912 | #64 |
| 1919 | 2,706 | — | #2,109 | #70 |
| 1918 | 2,736 | — | #1,659 | #72 |
| 1917 | 2,497 | — | #2,766 | #69 |
| 1916 | 2,272 | — | #2,553 | #76 |
| 1915 | 2,093 | — | #3,244 | #78 |
| 1914 | 1,475 | — | #3,003 | #81 |
| 1913 | 1,148 | — | #2,980 | #84 |
| 1912 | 934 | — | #3,160 | #87 |
| 1911 | 462 | — | — | #88 |
| 1910 | 294 | — | #2,559 | #105 |
| 1909 | 301 | — | — | #95 |
| 1908 | 270 | — | — | #97 |
| 1907 | 239 | — | — | #102 |
| 1906 | 191 | — | — | #112 |
| 1905 | 189 | — | — | #113 |
| 1904 | 201 | — | — | #106 |
| 1903 | 182 | — | — | #107 |
| 1902 | 151 | — | — | #127 |
| 1901 | 133 | — | — | #124 |
| 1900 | 157 | — | — | #140 |
| 1899 | 108 | — | — | #144 |
| 1898 | 100 | — | — | #165 |
| 1897 | 93 | — | — | #166 |
| 1896 | 95 | — | — | #169 |
| 1895 | 76 | — | — | #193 |
| 1894 | 75 | — | — | #197 |
| 1893 | 55 | — | — | #230 |
| 1892 | 62 | — | — | #221 |
| 1891 | 45 | — | — | #239 |
| 1890 | 44 | — | — | #258 |
| 1889 | 48 | — | — | #234 |
| 1888 | 30 | — | — | #337 |
| 1887 | 22 | — | — | #352 |
| 1886 | 28 | — | — | #322 |
| 1885 | 23 | — | — | #368 |
| 1884 | 19 | — | — | #419 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | — | #503 |
| 1882 | 15 | — | — | #478 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | — | #470 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | — | #586 |