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.

Gerry**

#806 most common boys' name of all time · #1,818 across all names · 68% male / 32% female · used 1904–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#806
Rank overall
#1,818 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
21,125
Since 2016
117
Peak year
1957 #337
Best rank
#335 1942
Girls Boys peak 637/yr
192019401960198020002020

Gerry first appears in 1904. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8 #8,952
2024 9 9 #8,355
2023 11 11 #7,318
2022 6 6 #10,932
2021 8 8 #8,864
2020 17 17 #5,261
2019 16 16 #5,575
2018 9 9 #8,196
2017 13 13 #6,361
2016 20 20 #4,790
2015 7 7 #9,627
2014 16 16 #5,498
2013 17 17 #5,190
2012 8 8 #8,917
2011 16 16 #5,445
2010 12 12 #6,718
2009 31 31 #3,482
2008 24 24 #4,157
2007 24 24 #4,137
2006 21 21 #4,386
2005 34 34 #3,032
2004 25 25 #3,649
2003 36 36 #2,735
2002 34 34 #2,764
2001 38 38 #2,523
2000 26 26 #3,229
1999 35 35 #2,520
1998 51 51 #1,904
1997 37 37 #2,273
1996 58 58 #1,657
1995 5 44 49 #1,920
1994 7 49 56 #1,778
1993 6 64 70 #1,464
1992 10 72 82 #1,333
1991 9 59 68 #1,486
1990 7 73 80 #1,296
1989 73 73 #1,272
1988 5 75 80 #1,164
1987 68 68 #1,167
1986 11 68 79 #1,146
1985 5 76 81 #1,059
1984 7 73 80 #1,045
1983 10 79 89 #995
1982 107 107 #862
1981 13 91 104 #941
1980 11 95 106 #914
1979 12 105 117 #845
1978 15 114 129 #796
1977 14 104 118 #836
1976 14 105 119 #817
1975 15 114 129 #777
1974 21 120 141 #740
1973 30 125 155 #721
1972 27 161 188 #620
1971 34 198 232 #585
1970 39 194 233 #579
1969 37 233 270 #510
1968 39 209 248 #528
1967 47 233 280 #491
1966 38 258 296 #479
1965 46 294 340 #452
1964 76 297 373 #462
1963 51 290 341 #463
1962 58 327 385 #438
1961 74 376 450 #407
1960 99 426 525 #384
1959 128 484 612 #354
1958 111 523 634 #337
1957 123 514 637 #337
1956 102 453 555 #347
1955 110 393 503 #367
1954 114 336 450 #392
1953 118 335 453 #378
1952 134 312 446 #389
1951 155 259 414 #424
1950 154 291 445 #397
1949 184 302 486 #387
1948 212 335 547 #370
1947 233 375 608 #353
1946 199 336 535 #353
1945 198 276 474 #358
1944 182 285 467 #353
1943 250 273 523 #371
1942 243 330 573 #335
1941 187 235 422 #378
1940 186 216 402 #387
1939 200 169 369 #440
1938 175 170 345 #444
1937 149 167 316 #438
1936 140 134 274 #490
1935 140 116 256 #537
1934 126 104 230 #581
1933 118 80 198 #655
1932 152 74 226 #727
1931 139 66 205 #774
1930 130 63 193 #823
1929 107 42 149 #1,074
1928 115 42 157 #1,093
1927 85 31 116 #1,340
1926 101 40 141 #1,138
1925 71 20 91 #1,782
1924 80 20 100 #1,812
1923 68 8 76 #3,260
1922 64 21 85 #1,732
1921 66 18 84 #1,949
1920 43 10 53 #2,835
1919 42 17 59 #1,941
1918 30 22 52 #1,634
1917 25 13 38 #2,231
1916 24 9 33 #2,806
1915 14 10 24 #2,528
1914 14 6 20 #3,018
1913 8 8
1912 9 9
1911 5 5 #1,894
1910 7 7
1905 5 5 #1,394
1904 7 7 #1,062