Jerry
Top 1000
About Jerry
Jerry is one of those short forms that, like Mike and Debbie, rose to popularity on the coattails of their formal versions. The equivalents today are nickname names like Ellie and Theo.
Though Jerry has been on a long slow downward slide for 80 years, it still ranks among the Top 1000 baby boy names in the US.
As of October 2026, Jerry ranked #907 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #14 in 1940.
Editor's take: The name Jerry is a boy's name meaning "ruler with the spear or sacred name".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #452 | 656 | 341.5 |
| 2015 | #488 | 603 | 314.6 |
| 2016 | #503 | 597 | 314.6 |
| 2017 | #554 | 496 | 268 |
| 2018 | #599 | 455 | 250.5 |
| 2019 | #676 | 381 | 212.3 |
| 2020 | #601 | 456 | 264.2 |
| 2021 | #729 | 354 | 202.3 |
| 2022 | #750 | 341 | 195.3 |
| 2023 | #846 | 287 | 167.8 |
| 2024 | #867 | 277 | 160.8 |
| 2025 | #907 | 262 | 153.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Jerrys
- Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld
American actor and comedian
- Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Connell
American actor
- Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor, director, singer, and philanthropist
- Jerry Lee Lewis
American singer
- Jerry Fulton Cantrell
American musician
- Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor
American actor
- Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer
British,born TV personality, attorney, and former Cincinnati mayor & news anchor
- Jerry Donohue
American theoretical and physical chemist
- Jerry Hsu
American pro skateboarder
- Jerome "Jerry" Garcia
American singer of The Grateful Dead
- Jerry Lamon Falwell Sr.
American evangelical Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator
- Jerry Lamon Falwell Jr.
president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
- Jerry Greenfield
American businessman and philanthropist, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
- Jerry Lee Rice
former American football wide receiver
- Gerald A. "Jerry" Paulsen
founder of Jerry's Enterprises, Inc.
Jerry in pop culture
- "Jerry Maguire
" 1996 American romantic comedy,drama sports film, starring Tom Cruise
- Jerry Gergich
character in Parks and Recreation
- Intern Jerry Hartman
killed by Station Management in podcast "Welcome to Night Vale"
- Jerry Shephard
from the movie "Eight Below"
- Jerry Smith
character in TV series "Rick and Morty"
- Jerry's Foods
grocery store operated by Jerry's Enterprises, Inc.
- Jerry's Famous Deli
chain of delicatessens originally founded in Studio City, California
- Jerry Garcia Conner
baby of Dan and Roseanne Conner on TV's "Roseanne"
- Jerry
character in DC Universe
- Gerald James "Jerry" Lewis
character from "Totally Spies"
- Ben & Jerry's ice cream
cofounded by businessman Jerry Greenfield