Gerold
Gerold is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 614th, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193990 births
- Best rank
- #614in 1939
- Since 1912
- 2,965people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,965 boys have been named Gerold in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1939, with 90 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 90 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1940s alone account for 22%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gerold | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 115 | |
| 1920s | 289 | |
| 1930s | 585 | |
| 1940s | 662 | |
| 1950s | 577 | |
| 1960s | 362 | |
| 1970s | 188 | |
| 1980s | 117 | |
| 1990s | 56 | |
| 2000s | 14 |
In 1939, its biggest year
Gerold was the 614th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1939 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1939.
Names that rose and fell with Gerold
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Geraldpeak 1942
- Gearldpeak 1941
- Jerepeak 1941
- Daroldpeak 1932
- Mackiepeak 1942
- Donpeak 1946
- Donaldpeak 1934
- Jerrepeak 1942
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.