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Baby name

Gerry

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32% girls / 68% boys

Origin of the name

Gerry is a pet form of Gerald or Gerard.

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Classic name

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The high point came in 1958, with 523 births and the No. 336 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 115 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 8906.
14,468births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 336rank at its peak, in 1958

Where babies named Gerry are born

1958

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The darker the blue, the more common Gerry is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Gerry is most common in Indiana (2.1 times), Mississippi (1.7) and Alabama (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1900s0%100%
1910s68%32%
1920s76%24%
1930s56%44%
1940s41%59%
1950s24%76%
1960s16%84%
1970s14%86%
1980s7%93%
1990s8%92%
2000s0%100%
2010s0%100%
2020s0%100%