Gerold is an uncommon variant of Gerald that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Gerold is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2002. Gerold was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1939 (90 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #7,896 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #9,683 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #10,482 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #7,269 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #9,310 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #6,421 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #8,890 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #6,783 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | #4,498 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #6,465 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #3,412 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #3,402 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | #3,322 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #4,851 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #4,330 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #3,967 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #4,352 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #3,287 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | #2,653 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #3,058 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #3,965 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | #2,147 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | #3,149 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,517 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | #1,947 |
| 1973 | 23 | — | #1,899 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #2,273 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #2,004 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | #1,382 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | #1,580 |
| 1968 | 23 | — | #1,659 |
| 1967 | 35 | — | #1,278 |
| 1966 | 31 | — | #1,381 |
| 1965 | 42 | — | #1,173 |
| 1964 | 36 | — | #1,319 |
| 1963 | 43 | — | #1,185 |
| 1962 | 37 | — | #1,285 |
| 1961 | 43 | — | #1,214 |
| 1960 | 45 | — | #1,169 |
| 1959 | 49 | — | #1,105 |
| 1958 | 48 | — | #1,105 |
| 1957 | 54 | — | #1,034 |
| 1956 | 67 | — | #912 |
| 1955 | 50 | — | #1,068 |
| 1954 | 61 | — | #947 |
| 1953 | 65 | — | #891 |
| 1952 | 61 | — | #910 |
| 1951 | 66 | — | #861 |
| 1950 | 56 | — | #924 |
| 1949 | 75 | — | #794 |
| 1948 | 64 | — | #858 |
| 1947 | 59 | — | #909 |
| 1946 | 68 | — | #808 |
| 1945 | 67 | — | #749 |
| 1944 | 60 | — | #811 |
| 1943 | 63 | — | #832 |
| 1942 | 79 | — | #724 |
| 1941 | 75 | — | #715 |
| 1940 | 53 | — | #865 |
| 1939 | 90 | — | #614 |
| 1938 | 75 | — | #706 |
| 1937 | 58 | — | #810 |
| 1936 | 49 | — | #876 |
| 1935 | 52 | — | #875 |
| 1934 | 61 | — | #795 |
| 1933 | 53 | — | #854 |
| 1932 | 60 | — | #826 |
| 1931 | 32 | — | #1,224 |
| 1930 | 55 | — | #900 |
| 1929 | 36 | — | #1,164 |
| 1928 | 36 | — | #1,196 |
| 1927 | 38 | — | #1,166 |
| 1926 | 33 | — | #1,266 |
| 1925 | 32 | — | #1,288 |
| 1924 | 20 | — | #1,800 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | #1,565 |
| 1922 | 22 | — | #1,668 |
| 1921 | 30 | — | #1,374 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #1,914 |
| 1919 | 24 | — | #1,501 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,203 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | #1,882 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | #2,101 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,050 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | #1,279 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #1,946 |