Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gerald

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gerald
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.4% from peak

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

11,483

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

98.4%

2024

178

All-time

448,793

Gerald once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1942, when 11,483 boys were named Gerald.

In 2024, only 178 boys were given the name.

Down 98.4% from its peak.

All told, about 448,793 Americans have been named Gerald and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.4% from peak

194211,483 boys named Gerald

2024178 boys named Gerald

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