Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Jerry

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

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

18,791

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

277

All-time

614,825

Jerry 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 1947, when 18,791 boys were named Jerry.

In 2024, only 277 boys were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 614,825 Americans have been named Jerry and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

194718,791 boys named Jerry

2024277 boys named Jerry

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