NameTides

Gerald

Gerald was the #1,204 boys' name in the US in 2025 (168 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Gerald as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Gerald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Gerald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,204 (168)#2,269 (10)—#395 (3)—#1,944 (10)
2024#1,170 (178)#1,859 (13)———#1,306 (17)
2023#1,024 (213)#2,008 (11)——#770 (3)#1,687 (11)
2022#1,066 (206)#2,166 (10)———#2,493 (6)
2021#1,006 (217)#2,493 (8)——#755 (3)#1,653 (11)
2020#954 (230)#1,548 (15)———#1,129 (19)
2019#890 (245)#2,488 (8)———#1,256 (16)
2018#894 (242)#1,991 (11)———#1,219 (16)
2017#825 (271)#2,734 (7)———#1,510 (12)
2016#809 (284)#1,903 (12)——#448 (7)#911 (25)
2015#764 (312)#2,150 (10)——#615 (4)#1,007 (21)
2014#810 (281)#2,248 (9)——#715 (3)#954 (23)
2013#715 (329)#1,920 (11)#687 (3)——#892 (25)
2012#683 (346)#1,589 (15)———#1,257 (15)
2011#628 (373)#3,830 (4)—#311 (4)#623 (4)#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1939 at #19.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Gerald is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,300 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gerald by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Gerald (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#90712

Gerald (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GeraldCanadaBoys#1,94410
GeraldEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
GeraldIrelandBoys—too few
GeraldNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
GeraldScotlandBoys—too few
GeraldUSGirls—too few
GeraldUSBoys#1,204168