NameTides

Jerry

Jerry was the #906 boys' name in the US in 2025 (262 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Jerry as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jerry 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Jerry 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.051015201880192019602000
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#906 (262)#1,705 (15)——#372 (10)#2,269 (8)
2024#866 (279)#2,444 (9)——#655 (4)#1,583 (13)
2023#845 (287)#1,800 (13)——#362 (10)#1,947 (9)
2022#751 (341)#1,314 (20)——#429 (8)#1,759 (10)
2021#729 (354)#1,329 (19)——#349 (11)#1,560 (12)
2020#601 (457)#1,379 (18)—#392 (3)#496 (6)#778 (31)
2019#676 (381)#1,439 (17)——#506 (6)#1,101 (19)
2018#600 (455)#1,235 (21)——#369 (10)#993 (22)
2017#554 (496)#1,178 (23)——#443 (7)#1,194 (17)
2016#503 (597)#1,271 (21)——#353 (11)#808 (30)
2015#487 (603)#1,095 (25)#470 (6)—#503 (6)#1,007 (21)
2014#452 (656)#1,327 (19)——#428 (8)#715 (35)
2013#449 (636)#1,086 (24)——#404 (9)#656 (38)
2012#444 (620)#1,229 (21)——#500 (6)#662 (37)
2011#393 (724)#1,251 (20)——#540 (5)#722 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1941 at #14.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 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 6,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jerry is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,700 to 1 in 7,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jerry 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: #807MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #845CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,012TXFlorida: #846FL
Jerry (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JerryCanadaGirls—too few
JerryCanadaBoys#2,2698
JerryEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JerryEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
JerryIrelandBoys#37210
JerryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JerryNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JerryScotlandGirls—too few
JerryScotlandBoys—too few
JerryUSGirls—too few
JerryUSBoys#906262