Jerold

Boy · recorded 1912–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1942best year

Most popular in 1942.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

08316519121940196719952022

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 108 recorded years as a table
Jerold, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
191312
191426
191514
191624
191716
191819
191920
192020
192122
192221
192322
192427
192530
192639
192743
192862
192963
193069
1931100
193283
1933103
1934137
1935132
1936115
1937118
1938118
1939143
1940157
1941158
1942165
1943146
1944132
1945126
194696
1947115
194893
1949100
195096
195180
195269
195393
195482
195567
195666
195764
195853
195952
196060
196156
196258
196363
196453
196558
196662
196757
196858
196959
197055
197142
197241
197337
197439
197540
197624
197727
197818
197920
198017
198125
198221
198318
198419
198516
198615
198714
198819
198914
199015
199115
199214
199315
199410
19958
199610
199715
19989
19997
20007
200110
20026
20034
20045
20054
20064
20073
20085
20093
20103
20115
20126
20146
20153
20163
20175
20183
20194
20224

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jerold isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
7
Rank in 2022
#9,823
How rare
1 in 249,429 boys
Since 1912
7,434

Jerold was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1942, at 165 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jerold doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.