Name profile

Gerry

This name is a diminutive of Gerald, Gerard or Geraldine.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.i/; Dutch /ˈɣɛ.ri/
Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2025)#8,910

Meaning and history

Gerry is a diminutive of Gerald, Gerard, or Geraldine.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 21 births, rank #4,370
2007: 24 births, rank #4,127
2008: 24 births, rank #4,145
2009: 31 births, rank #3,476
2010: 12 births, rank #6,698
20112011: 16 births, rank #5,433
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 17 births, rank #5,171
2014: 16 births, rank #5,485
2015: 7 births, rank #9,568
20162016: 20 births, rank #4,776
2017: 13 births, rank #6,338
2018: 9 births, rank #8,154
2019: 16 births, rank #5,555
2020: 17 births, rank #5,235
20212021: 8 births, rank #8,825
2022: 6 births, rank #10,863
2023: 11 births, rank #7,289
2024: 9 births, rank #8,312
20252025: 8 births, rank #8,910

Gerry moved from #862 to #997 for boys between 1982 and 1983. Its highest annual birth count came in 1958, with 523 births.