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.
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 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 404,388 of them was named Gearld, which outranked 12.8% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 942 names at #6,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 24,509 of them was named Gearld, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).