The baby name Jerald appears in baby name data for the United States from 1916 to 2019. It was most popular in 1942 with 887 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Jerald has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1917 | 15 |
| 1918 | 53 |
| 1919 | 51 |
| 1920 | 26 |
| 1921 | 31 |
| 1922 | 90 |
| 1923 | 43 |
| 1924 | 61 |
| 1925 | 102 |
| 1926 | 99 |
| 1927 | 122 |
| 1928 | 146 |
| 1929 | 200 |
| 1930 | 218 |
| 1931 | 337 |
| 1932 | 340 |
| 1933 | 339 |
| 1934 | 366 |
| 1935 | 389 |
| 1936 | 500 |
| 1937 | 512 |
| 1938 | 491 |
| 1939 | 569 |
| 1940 | 579 |
| 1941 | 789 |
| 1942 | 887 |
| 1943 | 820 |
| 1944 | 691 |
| 1945 | 602 |
| 1946 | 622 |
| 1947 | 765 |
| 1948 | 690 |
| 1949 | 744 |
| 1950 | 612 |
| 1951 | 661 |
| 1952 | 670 |
| 1953 | 647 |
| 1954 | 509 |
| 1955 | 680 |
| 1956 | 662 |
| 1957 | 599 |
| 1958 | 537 |
| 1959 | 487 |
| 1960 | 446 |
| 1961 | 455 |
| 1962 | 526 |
| 1963 | 521 |
| 1964 | 512 |
| 1965 | 489 |
| 1966 | 500 |
| 1967 | 433 |
| 1968 | 361 |
| 1969 | 432 |
| 1970 | 494 |
| 1971 | 340 |
| 1972 | 307 |
| 1973 | 249 |
| 1974 | 247 |
| 1975 | 187 |
| 1976 | 235 |
| 1977 | 179 |
| 1978 | 133 |
| 1979 | 197 |
| 1980 | 160 |
| 1981 | 154 |
| 1982 | 143 |
| 1983 | 146 |
| 1984 | 70 |
| 1985 | 76 |
| 1986 | 80 |
| 1987 | 59 |
| 1988 | 111 |
| 1989 | 107 |
| 1990 | 104 |
| 1991 | 92 |
| 1992 | 121 |
| 1993 | 79 |
| 1994 | 57 |
| 1995 | 24 |
| 1996 | 69 |
| 1997 | 25 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 63 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2003 | 17 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 21 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 33 |
| 2019 | 5 |