Gerald

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,204in 2025
  • 1 in 10,167boys in 2025
  • −40%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Michigan

Most popular in 1939. Quieter now: down 40% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,5439,08618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Gerald, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880100
1881139
1882132
1883124
1884166
1885213
1886253
1887217
1888248
1889434
1890396
1891445
1892508
1893490
1894648
1895647
1896795
1897825
1898815
18991,017
19001,043
19011,249
19021,231
19031,526
19041,569
19051,429
19061,434
19071,628
19081,749
19091,835
19101,488
19112,045
19122,161
19132,228
19142,242
19152,457
19162,539
19172,686
19182,676
19192,744
19202,966
19213,071
19223,254
19233,372
19243,665
19254,039
19264,613
19274,890
19284,954
19295,546
19305,908
19316,563
19327,036
19337,485
19347,569
19358,122
19368,695
19378,836
19388,991
19399,086
19408,830
19418,908
19428,315
19437,964
19447,354
19456,581
19466,178
19475,876
19485,609
19495,529
19505,433
19515,066
19524,646
19534,370
19544,195
19553,919
19563,778
19573,521
19583,235
19593,109
19603,082
19613,121
19623,012
19633,031
19642,945
19652,823
19662,727
19672,794
19682,575
19692,452
19702,367
19712,029
19721,737
19731,663
19741,537
19751,536
19761,363
19771,245
19781,151
19791,082
19801,020
1981985
1982946
1983864
1984800
1985782
1986790
1987772
1988733
1989734
1990706
1991624
1992588
1993569
1994494
1995467
1996434
1997410
1998351
1999357
2000346
2001313
2002286
2003268
2004278
2005236
2006226
2007227
2008203
2009200
2010181
2011196
2012182
2013174
2014146
2015163
2016150
2017146
2018133
2019137
2020133
2021124
2022118
2023125
2024103
202598

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Michigan 3.1×
  2. Pennsylvania 1.8×
  3. New York 1.4×
  4. Florida 1.2×
  5. California 0.9×

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More like it

More like Gerald

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
168
Rank in 2025
#1,204
How rare
1 in 10,167 boys
Since 1880
448,966

Most popular in 1939, at 9,086 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 40% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Michigan3.1×40
Pennsylvania1.8×31
New York1.4×38
Florida1.2×37
California0.9×52

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.