Jerry was a hugely popular boys' name that peaked at #14 in 1940 but is far less common today.
Jerry is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #907 for boy births in the United States (and #1,860 across all names), given to 262 babies. Jerry first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (18,794 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 262 | 262 | — | #907 |
| 2024 | 279 | 279 | — | #866 |
| 2023 | 287 | 287 | — | #848 |
| 2022 | 341 | 341 | — | #751 |
| 2021 | 354 | 354 | — | #729 |
| 2020 | 457 | 457 | — | #601 |
| 2019 | 381 | 381 | — | #676 |
| 2018 | 455 | 455 | — | #600 |
| 2017 | 502 | 502 | #14,909 | #554 |
| 2016 | 597 | 597 | — | #503 |
| 2015 | 603 | 603 | — | #488 |
| 2014 | 656 | 656 | — | #452 |
| 2013 | 636 | 636 | — | #449 |
| 2012 | 620 | 625 | — | #444 |
| 2011 | 724 | 724 | — | #393 |
| 2010 | 750 | 750 | — | #384 |
| 2009 | 820 | 820 | — | #370 |
| 2008 | 1,057 | 1,057 | #13,127 | #319 |
| 2007 | 996 | 1,003 | — | #322 |
| 2006 | 1,010 | 1,023 | — | #318 |
| 2005 | 1,051 | 1,059 | #17,641 | #315 |
| 2004 | 1,095 | 1,109 | #13,375 | #293 |
| 2003 | 1,095 | 1,106 | #14,662 | #286 |
| 2002 | 1,048 | 1,070 | #12,793 | #286 |
| 2001 | 1,262 | 1,283 | #14,302 | #261 |
| 2000 | 1,261 | 1,286 | #9,478 | #264 |
| 1999 | 1,309 | 1,327 | #9,841 | #246 |
| 1998 | 1,404 | 1,430 | #13,143 | #228 |
| 1997 | 1,473 | — | #6,310 | #212 |
| 1996 | 1,621 | — | #7,333 | #194 |
| 1995 | 1,532 | — | #5,799 | #200 |
| 1994 | 1,631 | — | #5,833 | #192 |
| 1993 | 1,744 | — | #5,523 | #186 |
| 1992 | 1,787 | — | #5,363 | #183 |
| 1991 | 2,017 | — | #5,268 | #160 |
| 1990 | 2,209 | — | #4,292 | #146 |
| 1989 | 2,190 | — | #3,936 | #142 |
| 1988 | 2,302 | — | #2,898 | #130 |
| 1987 | 2,267 | — | #2,872 | #125 |
| 1986 | 2,298 | — | #3,006 | #121 |
| 1985 | 2,471 | — | #2,189 | #116 |
| 1984 | 2,491 | — | #2,698 | #111 |
| 1983 | 2,799 | — | #2,287 | #103 |
| 1982 | 2,998 | — | #1,906 | #100 |
| 1981 | 3,087 | — | #2,878 | #97 |
| 1980 | 3,246 | — | #1,893 | #94 |
| 1979 | 3,490 | — | #2,227 | #85 |
| 1978 | 3,480 | — | #1,873 | #82 |
| 1977 | 3,791 | — | #2,073 | #75 |
| 1976 | 4,138 | — | #1,517 | #67 |
| 1975 | 4,385 | — | #1,418 | #65 |
| 1974 | 4,725 | — | #1,567 | #61 |
| 1973 | 5,178 | — | #1,281 | #57 |
| 1972 | 5,690 | — | #1,166 | #53 |
| 1971 | 6,667 | — | #1,198 | #50 |
| 1970 | 7,537 | — | #1,063 | #45 |
| 1969 | 7,380 | — | #1,126 | #45 |
| 1968 | 7,559 | — | #1,003 | #44 |
| 1967 | 7,890 | — | #974 | #41 |
| 1966 | 8,530 | — | #1,034 | #41 |
| 1965 | 9,129 | — | #961 | #41 |
| 1964 | 9,745 | — | #882 | #40 |
| 1963 | 10,308 | — | #976 | #38 |
| 1962 | 10,737 | — | #828 | #38 |
| 1961 | 11,507 | — | #961 | #37 |
| 1960 | 11,993 | — | #829 | #37 |
| 1959 | 12,516 | — | #727 | #36 |
| 1958 | 13,129 | — | #679 | #35 |
| 1957 | 13,519 | — | #639 | #35 |
| 1956 | 12,839 | — | #651 | #35 |
| 1955 | 13,193 | — | #630 | #33 |
| 1954 | 13,926 | — | #573 | #31 |
| 1953 | 14,178 | — | #516 | #29 |
| 1952 | 14,703 | — | #518 | #26 |
| 1951 | 15,479 | — | #469 | #24 |
| 1950 | 15,613 | — | #430 | #24 |
| 1949 | 16,215 | — | #426 | #23 |
| 1948 | 17,242 | — | #380 | #21 |
| 1947 | 19,263 | — | #370 | #20 |
| 1946 | 18,042 | — | #346 | #20 |
| 1945 | 15,118 | — | #335 | #20 |
| 1944 | 16,822 | — | #292 | #19 |
| 1943 | 18,356 | — | #281 | #17 |
| 1942 | 18,099 | — | #276 | #16 |
| 1941 | 17,346 | — | #272 | #14 |
| 1940 | 15,735 | — | #272 | #14 |
| 1939 | 14,234 | — | #276 | #16 |
| 1938 | 12,642 | — | #290 | #17 |
| 1937 | 10,723 | — | #300 | #17 |
| 1936 | 9,717 | — | #287 | #18 |
| 1935 | 8,866 | — | #297 | #22 |
| 1934 | 7,516 | — | #320 | #25 |
| 1933 | 6,456 | — | #316 | #31 |
| 1932 | 5,678 | — | #329 | #34 |
| 1931 | 4,756 | — | #324 | #43 |
| 1930 | 4,253 | — | #347 | #51 |
| 1929 | 3,267 | — | #399 | #61 |
| 1928 | 2,869 | — | #402 | #79 |
| 1927 | 2,469 | — | #433 | #93 |
| 1926 | 2,160 | — | #450 | #97 |
| 1925 | 1,857 | — | #455 | #107 |
| 1924 | 1,683 | — | #472 | #123 |
| 1923 | 1,468 | — | #503 | #131 |
| 1922 | 1,364 | — | #550 | #135 |
| 1921 | 1,279 | — | #555 | #141 |
| 1920 | 1,210 | — | #553 | #144 |
| 1919 | 1,059 | — | #589 | #147 |
| 1918 | 1,126 | — | #602 | #147 |
| 1917 | 964 | — | #673 | #150 |
| 1916 | 997 | — | #639 | #145 |
| 1915 | 881 | — | #744 | #147 |
| 1914 | 703 | — | #792 | #144 |
| 1913 | 536 | — | #806 | #150 |
| 1912 | 448 | — | #764 | #147 |
| 1911 | 275 | — | #715 | #140 |
| 1910 | 284 | — | #746 | #131 |
| 1909 | 208 | — | #1,031 | #138 |
| 1908 | 218 | — | #896 | #128 |
| 1907 | 180 | — | #1,014 | #141 |
| 1906 | 163 | — | #904 | #142 |
| 1905 | 189 | — | #1,126 | #121 |
| 1904 | 185 | — | #1,419 | #120 |
| 1903 | 119 | — | #1,503 | #158 |
| 1902 | 158 | — | #1,171 | #130 |
| 1901 | 116 | — | — | #142 |
| 1900 | 220 | — | #995 | #113 |
| 1899 | 118 | — | #1,326 | #142 |
| 1898 | 143 | — | — | #128 |
| 1897 | 118 | — | — | #138 |
| 1896 | 94 | — | — | #171 |
| 1895 | 102 | — | — | #152 |
| 1894 | 127 | — | — | #125 |
| 1893 | 118 | — | — | #128 |
| 1892 | 117 | — | — | #139 |
| 1891 | 107 | — | — | #128 |
| 1890 | 103 | — | — | #137 |
| 1889 | 110 | — | — | #129 |
| 1888 | 92 | — | — | #163 |
| 1887 | 98 | — | — | #131 |
| 1886 | 125 | — | — | #118 |
| 1885 | 115 | — | — | #119 |
| 1884 | 121 | — | — | #120 |
| 1883 | 107 | — | — | #119 |
| 1882 | 105 | — | — | #132 |
| 1881 | 97 | — | — | #122 |
| 1880 | 136 | — | — | #99 |