Jerry
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God will exalt; diminutive of Gerald or Jerome.
How Jerry has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #487 |
| 2016 | #503 |
| 2017 | #555 |
| 2018 | #601 |
| 2019 | #677 |
| 2020 | #603 |
| 2021 | #729 |
| 2022 | #753 |
| 2023 | #850 |
| 2024 | #867 |
| 2025 | #907 |
Jerry by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Jerry. In the US, 494 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 18,792 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1940, about 1 in 78 American boys born that year was called Jerry.
Other names that come from Gerald
Like Jerry, each of these traces back to Gerald: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Geraldspear ruler or spear power269 in the US (2017)
- Geraldinespear ruler; feminine form of Gerald132 in the US (2017)
- Garretspear strength; a form of Garrett or Gerald45 in the US (2017)
- Jeraldspear ruler; a form of Gerald39 in the US (2017)
- Jerrodspear ruler; a form of Gerald29 in the US (2017)
- Geraldospear ruler; a form of Gerald11 in the US (2017)
- Gearldspear ruler; variant spelling of Gerald
- Jerroldspear ruler; a form of Gerald
Other names that come from Jerome
Like Jerry, each of these traces back to Jerome: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jerry. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jerria form of jerry or jeremiah; exalted of the lord13 in the US (2017)
- Jefrypeaceful spear; a form of jeffrey7 in the US (2017)
- Jerzya polish form of george; farmer or earth worker6 in the US (2017)
- Jeray5 in the US (2017)
- Jeremygod will uplift or exalt2,040 in the US (2017)
- Jordyto flow down; form of Jordan296 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jerry
Names that are said the same way as Jerry, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Jerry, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Jerry
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