Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gerald

#74 most common boys' name of all time · #153 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#74
Rank overall
#153 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
451,351
Since 2016
2,254
Peak year
1942 #22
Best rank
#19 1936
Girls Boys peak 11,521/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Gerald is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 168 168 #1,204
2024 — 178 178 #1,171
2023 — 213 213 #1,025
2022 — 206 206 #1,066
2021 — 217 217 #1,007
2020 — 230 230 #954
2019 — 245 245 #892
2018 — 242 242 #895
2017 — 271 271 #825
2016 — 284 284 #809
2015 — 312 312 #764
2014 — 281 281 #811
2013 — 329 329 #715
2012 — 346 346 #683
2011 — 373 373 #628
2010 — 348 348 #679
2009 — 396 396 #631
2008 — 415 415 #604
2007 — 472 472 #544
2006 — 465 465 #545
2005 — 472 472 #520
2004 — 552 552 #463
2003 — 529 529 #474
2002 — 556 556 #443
2001 — 609 609 #411
2000 — 680 680 #382
1999 — 686 686 #379
1998 — 671 671 #376
1997 — 773 773 #336
1996 — 822 822 #322
1995 — 889 889 #299
1994 — 954 954 #284
1993 10 1,116 1,126 #256
1992 8 1,174 1,182 #245
1991 5 1,261 1,266 #235
1990 — 1,451 1,451 #212
1989 9 1,469 1,478 #201
1988 9 1,403 1,412 #194
1987 10 1,441 1,451 #190
1986 10 1,455 1,465 #183
1985 14 1,446 1,460 #181
1984 13 1,444 1,457 #176
1983 17 1,549 1,566 #168
1982 22 1,717 1,739 #158
1981 16 1,764 1,780 #154
1980 17 1,819 1,836 #148
1979 22 1,863 1,885 #143
1978 19 1,889 1,908 #137
1977 15 2,046 2,061 #131
1976 19 2,139 2,158 #120
1975 16 2,398 2,414 #108
1974 20 2,417 2,437 #108
1973 29 2,592 2,621 #102
1972 15 2,816 2,831 #102
1971 33 3,588 3,621 #83
1970 43 4,399 4,442 #67
1969 41 4,384 4,425 #65
1968 29 4,475 4,504 #62
1967 39 4,873 4,912 #59
1966 30 4,863 4,893 #60
1965 38 5,252 5,290 #64
1964 32 5,869 5,901 #60
1963 33 6,156 6,189 #60
1962 32 6,232 6,264 #65
1961 44 6,630 6,674 #62
1960 36 6,571 6,607 #62
1959 41 6,636 6,677 #61
1958 33 6,865 6,898 #58
1957 34 7,595 7,629 #51
1956 33 7,991 8,024 #49
1955 32 8,072 8,104 #48
1954 38 8,552 8,590 #44
1953 35 8,619 8,654 #42
1952 32 9,031 9,063 #39
1951 31 9,539 9,570 #36
1950 40 9,726 9,766 #34
1949 28 9,808 9,836 #33
1948 37 9,842 9,879 #30
1947 46 10,750 10,796 #28
1946 33 10,033 10,066 #27
1945 36 8,857 8,893 #25
1944 38 10,023 10,061 #24
1943 55 11,367 11,422 #23
1942 37 11,484 11,521 #22
1941 43 10,942 10,985 #20
1940 43 10,236 10,279 #21
1939 48 10,057 10,105 #19
1938 37 9,972 10,009 #19
1937 51 9,425 9,476 #20
1936 39 9,018 9,057 #19
1935 48 8,458 8,506 #21
1934 49 7,816 7,865 #22
1933 43 7,422 7,465 #22
1932 44 7,347 7,391 #24
1931 55 6,823 6,878 #26
1930 40 6,483 6,523 #30
1929 49 5,965 6,014 #33
1928 40 5,487 5,527 #41
1927 56 5,511 5,567 #38
1926 48 5,123 5,171 #41
1925 39 4,507 4,546 #45
1924 21 4,151 4,172 #49
1923 25 3,696 3,721 #54
1922 23 3,541 3,564 #58
1921 24 3,382 3,406 #60
1920 21 3,157 3,178 #64
1919 17 2,689 2,706 #70
1918 24 2,712 2,736 #72
1917 11 2,486 2,497 #69
1916 12 2,260 2,272 #76
1915 8 2,085 2,093 #78
1914 7 1,468 1,475 #81
1913 6 1,142 1,148 #84
1912 5 929 934 #87
1911 — 462 462 #88
1910 5 289 294 #106
1909 — 301 301 #95
1908 — 270 270 #97
1907 — 239 239 #103
1906 — 191 191 #112
1905 — 189 189 #114
1904 — 201 201 #107
1903 — 182 182 #108
1902 — 151 151 #127
1901 — 133 133 #125
1900 — 157 157 #141
1899 — 108 108 #144
1898 — 100 100 #165
1897 — 93 93 #166
1896 — 95 95 #170
1895 — 76 76 #193
1894 — 75 75 #197
1893 — 55 55 #234
1892 — 62 62 #222
1891 — 45 45 #239
1890 — 44 44 #258
1889 — 48 48 #236
1888 — 30 30 #342
1887 — 22 22 #355
1886 — 28 28 #324
1885 — 23 23 #378
1884 — 19 19 #429
1883 — 13 13 #518
1882 — 15 15 #483
1881 — 14 14 #480
1880 — 11 11 #586