Masculine dossier · first seen 1909

Jerald

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

Endangered Down 95.7% from peak

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

647

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1909Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

95.7%

2024

All-time

26,166

Jerald 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 647 boys were named Jerald.

In 2024, only 28 boys were given the name.

Down 95.7% from its peak.

All told, about 26,166 Americans have been named Jerald and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.7% from peak

1942647 boys named Jerald

202428 boys named Jerald

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