Holding steady.
Popularity of Jery since 1936
Babies named Jery per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1960, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Jery's real moment was 1943.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 |
| 1940s | 22 |
| 1950s | 24 |
| 1960s | 36 |
| 1970s | 19 |
| 1980s | 5 |
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Jery is an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, a spelling variant of the more common Jerry. U.S. Social Security data first records the name in 1936, but it has never achieved enough usage to rank among the top 1000 names in any year. Its peak year came in 1943, during the era when the similar Jerry saw its height of popularity. Since then, Jery has maintained a stable but vanishingly low trajectory, with fewer than five births per year in most decades. The name is sometimes mistaken as a misspelling, but it appears consistently in the records as a distinct, if uncommon, form.
Jery is a spelling variant of Jerry, which itself originated as a diminutive of Jeremy (from the Hebrew name Yirmeyahu, meaning 'appointed by God') or Gerald (from Germanic elements meaning 'spear ruler'). The form Jery appears sporadically in English-speaking countries, likely as an alternate simplified spelling. Its usage has always been rare, with minimal recorded history.
Nicknames & variants
Variants: Jerry
Sibling names for Jery
Names that share Jery's style, for a brother or sister.
