GERALD is ranked as the 88th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 658,210.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 206.43 people named GERALD for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named GERALD is 283,050.
The SSA data also shows that GERALD is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
GERALD is
82.5% White,
3.4% Hispanic origin,
10.9% Black,
1.2% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name GERALD have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name GERALD is included in the following name categories:
French surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
German masculine given name
French masculine given name
Polish masculine given name
English surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name GERALD
The state with the most people named
GERALD is
California where
54,418 people have this name.
Nebraska is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named GERALD, as
382.72 in every 100,000
Nebraskans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Michigan.
Nebraska is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Hampshire
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name GERALD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
34,652
269.03
99.9%
Indiana
15,985
242.31
99.7%
Iowa
8,032
258.51
99.7%
Kansas
8,319
286.47
99.6%
Michigan
33,849
341.57
99.9%
Minnesota
17,499
320.66
99.9%
Missouri
6,182
206.48
99.6%
Nebraska
7,201
382.72
99.6%
North Dakota
2,798
378.43
99.2%
Ohio
29,902
257.91
99.8%
South Dakota
2,892
338.92
99.1%
Wisconsin
21,868
379.82
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name GERALD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,864
252.95
98.5%
Arizona
16,109
239.31
99.7%
California
54,418
140.24
99.9%
Colorado
12,392
231.37
99.7%
Hawaii
2,101
148.02
99.4%
Idaho
4,255
260.35
99.3%
Montana
3,177
310.38
99.2%
Nevada
6,292
221.6
99.6%
New Mexico
4,127
197.88
99.2%
Oregon
10,872
273.83
99.7%
Utah
5,159
175.32
99.3%
Washington
15,398
218.05
99.8%
Wyoming
1,828
312.88
98.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name GERALD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
3,894
108.27
99.2%
Maine
1,650
124.06
97.8%
Massachusetts
7,870
116.66
99.4%
New Hampshire
1,402
105.63
97.7%
New Jersey
10,622
118.84
99.6%
New York
38,687
195.92
99.9%
Pennsylvania
33,078
258.68
99.8%
Rhode Island
1,148
108.84
97.9%
Vermont
1,411
225.23
98.9%
South States
State stats for the first name GERALD
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have GERALD as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named GERALD.
The most popular full name is GERALD Smith.
0.95% of all the people named GERALD
have this family name.
There are 46356 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name GERALD