Jerry

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jerry: Recorded since 1965, it reached #213 in 1993, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#213highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2000

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2000	#3912

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 41 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2443 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #250 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #213 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1993 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jerry appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 269 births with the name.

Jerry 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.

Jerry'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	#250 (1965)	#213 (1993)	#372 (2025)	41 of 61	269 (1965–2025)	11 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#654 (1996)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	522 (1996–2024)	25 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2683 (1996)	#3912 (2000)	4 of 5	15 (1996–2000)	5 (1996)

Jerry 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 Jerry in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	9	2 of 10	5
1980s	18	5 of 10	4
1990s	38	8 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	73	9 of 10	8
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020s	49	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Jerry 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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #213 in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

Jerry'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1095	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#924	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	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	#330	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	3	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 1965 and 2025, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #213, first reached in 1993.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 55 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.

Jermaine · #428, 29y
Jerome · #119, 61y
Jersey · #363, 24y
Jerzy · #167, 45y

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.

Davin · #213, 43y
Gerda · #212, 40y
Viola · #211, 40y
Felicia · #210, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Abina · #214, 20y
Donnchadh · #212, 54y
Flannan · #214, 12y
Marco · #214, 65y

Jerry was ranked #213 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1993. 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.

Jerry 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 Jerry without appearing here.

Jerry moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1314 and #2018.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #655 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #372 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #655 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #372 and #829.

Moved ahead of Jerry

Ronny Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1079 and #1201 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #789.
Markus Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1079 and #1169 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #943.
Magnus Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1033 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1513 and #813.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1251 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1229 and #569.

Moved the opposite way to Jerry

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 while Adam went from #157 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 while Alexander went from #115 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 while Benjamin went from #148 to #83.

Moved the same way as Jerry

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 and Adrian from #62 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 and Alfred from #167 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 and Denis from #24 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jerry went from #250 to #372 and Edward from #17 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #213 in Republic of Ireland in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jerry

Jerry at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jerry across 3 official records

Jerry by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jerry appears in

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Jerry at a glance

Jerry across 3 official records

Jerry by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jerry appears in

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