Gerrit vs Gerry
American parents have registered 21,125 Gerrys since 1880, against 2,877 Gerrits. But in 2025 it was Gerrit that was commoner, 16 babies to 8.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gerrit Gerry
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 125 years in which either name was published, Gerry for 93 years and Gerrit for 32 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.
- 1881–1909 Gerrit ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1910–1912 Gerry ahead
- 1913–1916 Gerrit ahead
- 1917–1996 Gerry ahead
- 2006–2023 Gerrit ahead, apart from 2 short spells
15 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Gerrit | Gerry | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,877 | 21,125 |
| Most in one year | 49 | 637 |
| Babies in 2025 | 16 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 1,800 | 13,000 |
| Median age today | 34 | 66 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1958 |
| Best rank | 892nd boys | 336th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,608th | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 2,877 | 6,657 / 14,468 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Gerrys alive today are over 66; half the Gerrits are over 34. That is 32 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Gerrit Iowa (20.3×), Michigan (10.0×), California (2.3×)
- Gerry Indiana (1.8×), Michigan (1.6×), Missouri (1.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Gerrit and Gerry.