19371937: 58 births, rank #810
1938: 75 births, rank #706
1939: 90 births, rank #614
1940: 53 births, rank #865
1941: 75 births, rank #715
19421942: 79 births, rank #724
1943: 63 births, rank #832
1944: 60 births, rank #811
1945: 67 births, rank #749
1946: 68 births, rank #808
19471947: 59 births, rank #909
1948: 64 births, rank #858
1949: 75 births, rank #794
1950: 56 births, rank #924
1951: 66 births, rank #861
19521952: 61 births, rank #910
1953: 65 births, rank #891
1954: 61 births, rank #947
1955: no US SSA record for this spelling
19561956: 67 births, rank #912
Gerold rose from #947 to #912 for boys between 1954 and 1956. Its highest annual birth count came in 1939, with 90 births.