Gerard
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #9,825 · #1,708 for boys in 2025, 95 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 1,520 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 58,820since 1886
Gerard over time
Rank among boys' names. Gerard has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,708 | 95 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,530 | 115 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,408 | 130 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,425 | 128 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,479 | 121 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,451 | 119 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,479 | 116 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,238 | 149 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,164 | 161 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,183 | 160 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,086 | 180 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,012 | 202 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,047 | 183 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,090 | 171 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,082 | 172 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,250 | 140 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,331 | 130 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,355 | 126 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,562 | 100 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,374 | 117 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,334 | 113 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,225 | 124 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,131 | 134 | |
| 2002 | — | #998 | 156 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,017 | 146 | |
| 2000 | — | #824 | 194 | |
| 1999 | — | #863 | 175 | |
| 1998 | — | #837 | 175 | |
| 1997 | — | #778 | 190 | |
| 1996 | — | #757 | 195 | |
| 1995 | — | #736 | 213 | |
| 1994 | — | #648 | 258 | |
| 1993 | — | #651 | 250 | |
| 1992 | — | #632 | 268 | |
| 1991 | — | #575 | 309 | |
| 1990 | — | #527 | 350 | |
| 1989 | — | #533 | 326 | |
| 1988 | — | #507 | 327 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #506 | 314 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #479 | 330 |
| 1985 | — | #467 | 343 | |
| 1984 | — | #459 | 336 | |
| 1983 | — | #485 | 303 | |
| 1982 | — | #440 | 366 | |
| 1981 | — | #468 | 316 | |
| 1980 | — | #453 | 342 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #440 | 336 |
| 1978 | — | #435 | 337 | |
| 1977 | — | #423 | 348 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #405 | 367 |
| 1975 | — | #391 | 399 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #394 | 387 |
| 1973 | — | #401 | 377 | |
| 1972 | — | #394 | 399 | |
| 1971 | — | #355 | 516 | |
| 1970 | — | #346 | 547 | |
| 1969 | — | #334 | 543 | |
| 1968 | — | #312 | 585 | |
| 1967 | — | #280 | 665 | |
| 1966 | — | #257 | 795 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #256 | 827 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #236 | 1,023 |
| 1963 | — | #229 | 1,072 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #228 | 1,121 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #215 | 1,309 |
| 1960 | — | #205 | 1,397 | |
| 1959 | — | #205 | 1,399 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #191 | 1,475 |
| 1957 | — | #189 | 1,517 | |
| 1956 | — | #180 | 1,617 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #179 | 1,521 |
| 1954 | — | #177 | 1,520 | |
| 1953 | — | #186 | 1,366 | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #184 | 1,338 |
| 1951 | — | #183 | 1,303 | |
| 1950 | — | #191 | 1,160 | |
| 1949 | — | #197 | 1,044 | |
| 1948 | — | #202 | 972 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #202 | 983 |
| 1946 | — | #197 | 884 | |
| 1945 | — | #209 | 681 | |
| 1944 | — | #205 | 720 | |
| 1943 | — | #205 | 770 | |
| 1942 | — | #193 | 832 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #200 | 689 |
| 1940 | — | #224 | 553 | |
| 1939 | — | #228 | 521 | |
| 1938 | — | #224 | 536 | |
| 1937 | — | #243 | 478 | |
| 1936 | — | #241 | 468 | |
| 1935 | — | #225 | 525 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #220 | 545 |
| 1933 | — | #215 | 536 | |
| 1932 | — | #221 | 542 | |
| 1931 | — | #222 | 551 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #214 | 601 |
| 1929 | — | #230 | 552 | |
| 1928 | — | #222 | 594 | |
| 1927 | — | #212 | 629 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #228 | 586 |
| 1925 | — | #236 | 554 | |
| 1924 | — | #248 | 541 | |
| 1923 | — | #238 | 554 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #242 | 542 |
| 1921 | — | #244 | 530 | |
| 1920 | — | #275 | 408 | |
| 1919 | — | #263 | 410 | |
| 1918 | — | #252 | 447 | |
| 1917 | — | #248 | 413 | |
| 1916 | — | #265 | 359 | |
| 1915 | — | #271 | 323 | |
| 1914 | — | #290 | 236 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #272 | 201 |
| 1912 | — | #294 | 149 | |
| 1911 | — | #277 | 89 | |
| 1910 | — | #365 | 49 | |
| 1909 | — | #388 | 39 | |
| 1908 | — | #438 | 30 | |
| 1907 | — | #396 | 32 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #515 | 18 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Gerard! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gerard
- 178 spots since 2024 (#1,530 → #1,708)
- 257 spots since 2020 (#1,451 → #1,708)
- 622 spots since 2015 (#1,086 → #1,708)
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1901 (#785 → #506)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1892 (#700 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1954 at #177 (1,520 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1900–2000
- Highest: 1 in 1,308 boys born in 1956 were named Gerard (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,980 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #177 in 1954, was only 1 in 1,341 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.2% of all boys named Gerard (14,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #673 (1889) | #816 |
| 1890s | 61 | #556 (1895) | #875 |
| 1900s | 214 | #388 (1909) | #546 |
| 1910s | 2,676 | #248 (1917) | #280 |
| 1920s | 5,490 | #212 (1927) | #238 |
| 1930s | 5,303 | #214 (1930) | #225 |
| 1940s | 8,128 | #193 (1942) | #203 |
| 1950s | 14,216 | #177 (1954) | #187 |
| 1960s | 9,337 | #205 (1960) | #255 |
| 1970s | 4,013 | #346 (1970) | #398 |
| 1980s | 3,303 | #440 (1982) | #480 |
| 1990s | 2,383 | #527 (1990) | #700 |
| 2000s | 1,340 | #824 (2000) | #1,215 |
| 2010s | 1,634 | #1,012 (2014) | #1,163 |
| 2020s | 708 | #1,408 (2023) | #1,500 |
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.
Gerard in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 353,033 of them was named Gerard, which outranked 13.2% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 996 names at #6,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 2,249 of them was named Gerard, which outranked 94.2% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.