Gearld
Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #4,162
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 146 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,281since 1914
Gearld over time
Rank among boys' names. Gearld has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,615 | 28 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,280 | 38 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,339 | 33 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,253 | 36 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,059 | 48 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,016 | 55 | |
| 1963 | — | #921 | 66 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,013 | 57 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,013 | 59 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #818 | 87 |
| 1959 | — | #843 | 80 | |
| 1958 | — | #867 | 76 | |
| 1957 | — | #813 | 86 | |
| 1956 | — | #745 | 97 | |
| 1955 | — | #728 | 100 | |
| 1954 | — | #833 | 75 | |
| 1953 | — | #726 | 97 | |
| 1952 | — | #660 | 109 | |
| 1951 | — | #649 | 118 | |
| 1950 | — | #633 | 119 | |
| 1949 | — | #624 | 119 | |
| 1948 | — | #691 | 93 | |
| 1947 | — | #671 | 105 | |
| 1946 | — | #635 | 102 | |
| 1945 | — | #668 | 81 | |
| 1944 | — | #651 | 91 | |
| 1943 | — | #597 | 112 | |
| 1942 | — | #543 | 127 | |
| 1941 | — | #485 | 146 | |
| 1940 | — | #505 | 131 | |
| 1939 | — | #519 | 120 | |
| 1938 | — | #522 | 123 | |
| 1937 | — | #552 | 111 | |
| 1936 | — | #556 | 106 | |
| 1935 | — | #652 | 83 | |
| 1934 | — | #597 | 97 | |
| 1933 | — | #637 | 82 | |
| 1932 | — | #677 | 81 | |
| 1931 | — | #729 | 71 | |
| 1930 | — | #855 | 59 | |
| 1929 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1928 | — | #913 | 54 | |
| 1927 | — | #937 | 54 | |
| 1926 | — | #944 | 52 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,121 | 39 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,133 | 40 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,084 | 42 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gearld! It came in at #1,975, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gearld is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#255 · 1 in 2,108
- Arkansas#305 · 1 in 2,600
- Ohio#312 · 1 in 5,272
- North Carolina#338 · 1 in 3,968
- Alabama#349 · 1 in 3,928
Best ever in a state: #239 in Arkansas, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #255 | 10 | 1 in 2,108 |
| Arkansas | #305 | 7 | 1 in 2,600 |
| Ohio | #312 | 10 | 1 in 5,272 |
| North Carolina | #338 | 9 | 1 in 3,968 |
| Alabama | #349 | 7 | 1 in 3,928 |
| Kentucky | #357 | 7 | 1 in 3,995 |
| Missouri | #364 | 5 | 1 in 5,559 |
| Tennessee | #380 | 5 | 1 in 5,362 |
| California | #443 | 7 | 1 in 6,730 |
| Illinois | #477 | 5 | 1 in 11,411 |
| Pennsylvania | #484 | 5 | 1 in 15,241 |
| Texas | #626 | 8 | 1 in 7,396 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gearld
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1926 (#1,121 → #944)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1961 (#818 → #1,013)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1941 at #485 (146 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1926–1960
- Highest: 1 in 8,413 boys born in 1941 were named Gearld (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 174,026 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 25.9% of all boys named Gearld (1,107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 97 | #1,404 (1918) | #1,910 |
| 1920s | 415 | #859 (1929) | #1,154 |
| 1930s | 933 | #519 (1939) | #630 |
| 1940s | 1,107 | #485 (1941) | #607 |
| 1950s | 957 | #633 (1950) | #750 |
| 1960s | 517 | #818 (1960) | #1,095 |
| 1970s | 182 | #1,560 (1971) | #2,562 |
| 1980s | 73 | #3,221 (1981) | #4,534 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gearld in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 9,017 of them was named Gearld, which outranked 87.1% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).