Gerald
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Gerald
Both a saint's name and a presidential one via Gerald Ford—who was born Leslie—Gerald is a quintessential 1930s-40s name, when it ranked as high as Number 19. Hence all those nice middle-aged and senior Jerrys we've known and loved. Gerald has always been popular in Ireland, accounting for the prevalence of Fitzgeralds there. Though not considered stylish, Gerald remains on the popularity charts. Cousin Gerard has a similar profile, Geraldo is the well-used Spanish version, and Geraldine is the most promising of the family, in line to follow the path of Josephine to imminent revival.
Gerald is also given to girls.
Pronounced JER-uld.
As of October 2026, Gerald ranked #1206 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #19 in 1936.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #810 | 281 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #765 | 312 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #810 | 284 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #825 | 271 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #895 | 242 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #892 | 245 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #955 | 230 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,010 | 217 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,065 | 206 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,031 | 212 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,167 | 178 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,206 | 168 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Gerald for boys
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Gerald on lists
Famous Geralds
- Gerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey IIIBoy
professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants
- Gerald Earl GillumBoy
rapper known as G,Eazy
- Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford (born Leslie Lynch KingBoy
Jr.), 38th U.S. President
- Gerald Jermaine WallaceBoy
American basketball player
- Gerald GreenBoy
American basketball player
- Gerald Lind SensabaughBoy
American NFL football player
- Gerald "Gerry" GoffinBoy
American songwriter/lyricist
- Gerald Joseph "Gerry" MulliganBoy
American jazz saxophonist
- Gerald Lee "Mac" McRaneyBoy
American actor
- Trevell Gerald Coleman aka G. DepBoy
American rapper
- Gerald Maurice EdelmanBoy
American biologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Floyd Gerald "Jerry" BriscoBoy
American pro wrestler
- Gerald of WalesBoy
archdeacon of Brecon and chronicler of his times
- Gerald Anthony ScarfeBoy
English cartoonist and illustrator
- Gerald Norman "Jerry" SpringerBoy
British,born TV personality, attorney, and former Cincinnati mayor & news anchor
- Gerald William "Jerry" TrainorBoy
American actor
- Gerald A. "Jerry" PaulsenBoy
founder of Jerry's Enterprises, Inc.
Gerald in pop culture
- Gerald WintersBoy
character from TV series "NYPD Blue"
- Gerald O'HaraBoy
Scarlett's father in "Gone with the Wind"
- Gerald Martin JohanssenBoy
Arnold's best friend on TV series "Hey Arnold!"
- Gerald SummersBoy
character in G. A. Henty's "Under Drake's Flag"
- Gerald KingsleyBoy
character on TV's "Grandfathered," played by Josh Peck
- GeraldBoy
sea lion in Pixar's "Finding Dory"
- GeraldBoy
character from "The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty"
- Gerald CrichBoy
character from "Women in Love" by D.H. Lawrence
- Gerald BroflovskiBoy
Kyle’s dad in “South Park”