Gerry

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gerry: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gerry: Recorded since 1973, it reached #237 in 1983, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#237highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1345
1998	#2419
1999	#2425
2000	#2142
2001	#1746
2002	#1519
2003	#1771
2004	#3009
2005	#1851
2006	#1643
2007	#2741
2008	#3687
2009	#3227
2010	#2400
2011	#2039
2012	#3039
2013	#3822
2014	#2964
2015	#4747
2016	#1903
2017	#2512
2018	#3959
2019	#2488
2020	#3334
2021	#3017
2022	#2320
2023	#3112
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #290 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2025
Highest recorded position: #237 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1973–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gerry appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 201 births with the name.

Gerry across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gerry's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#290 (1973)	#237 (1983)	#577 (2025)	39 of 53	201 (1973–2025)	15 (2020)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1345 (1997)	#3688 (2024)	29 of 29	190 (1996–2024)	12 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#357 (2007)	#363 (2017)	2 of 11	7 (2007–2017)	4 (2017)

Gerry by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gerry in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	15	4 of 10	4
1980s	24	6 of 10	4
1990s	21	5 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	52	9 of 10	6
2010s	53	9 of 10	6
2020s	36	6 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Gerry appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #237 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Gerry's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1973 and 2025, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #237, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Gerrard · #181, 37y
Gert · #273, 23y
Gertrude · #154, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kathy · #236, 44y
Susannah · #238, 39y
Corina · #234, 44y
Emanuel · #234, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kathy · #236, 44y
Kinga · #236, 51y
Egle · #235, 26y
Alasdair · #234, 30y

Gerry was ranked #237 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gerry and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gerry without appearing here.

Gerry moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Gerry

Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #1935.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3227 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1345 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2419 and #1110.

Moved the opposite way to Gerry

Aaron Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 while Aaron went from #157 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 while Adam went from #143 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 while Alex went from #268 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 while Alexander went from #145 to #55.

Moved the same way as Gerry

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 and Adrian from #43 to #348.
Daithi Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 and Daithi from #320 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 and Denis from #42 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gerry went from #290 to #577 and Edward from #29 to #125.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #237 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gerry

Gerry at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gerry across 3 official records

Gerry by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gerry appears in

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Gerry at a glance

Gerry across 3 official records

Gerry by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gerry appears in

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Gerry and the names beside it

Gerry moved ahead of

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