How popular is the name Jerold?

Jerold ranks 1,263rd among boys' names in US records, with 7,434 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 51.

Is Jerold a unisex name?

No. Jerold is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1942, when 228 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,263 of boy names

Pronounced JH EH1 R OW0 L D (ARPABET)

Jerold is a boys' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 7,434 children — the 1,263rd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 51 births across the past decade, against a peak of 228 in a single year. That peak was in 1942.

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jerold?: Jerold ranks 1,263rd among boys' names in US records, with 7,434 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 51.
Is Jerold a unisex name?: No. Jerold is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jerold most popular?: 1942, when 228 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.