# Gerry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gerry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɛɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,125 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,468 / 6,657 (32% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 199, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping + -y.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 15 | 4,511 |
| 1979 | 12 | 5,530 |
| 1980 | 11 | 6,043 |
| 1981 | 13 | 5,359 |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,378 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,452 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,230 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,307 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,447 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,582 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,835 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,285 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,308 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10,954 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,200 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,505 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,151 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,246 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,561 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,900 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,841 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,436 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,384 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,649 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,326 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,113 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,337 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,435 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,555 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,186 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Gerry

- Gerry Peyton, association football coach and former player
- Gerry Bamman, American actor
- Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (1934–1983)
- Gerry Anderson, English television creator and filmmaker (1929-2012)
- Gerry Connolly, American politician (1950–2025)
- Gerry Ashmore, British racing driver (1936-2021)
- Gerry Conway, American comic book writer (1952–2026)
- Gerry Marsden, British singer-songwriter and musician (1942–2021)
- Gerry Gray, Canadian soccer player (born 1961)
- Gerry Geran, American ice hockey player (1896-1981)
- Gerry Lopez, American surfer and actor
- Gerry Sorensen, Canadian alpine skier

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.