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.
Where Gerard is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#129 · 1 in 979
- New Jersey#154 · 1 in 1,012
- New York#180 · 1 in 1,182
- Connecticut#207 · 1 in 1,762
- Massachusetts#223 · 1 in 2,465
Best ever in a state: #28 in New Hampshire, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #129 | 5 | 1 in 979 |
| New Jersey | #154 | 40 | 1 in 1,012 |
| New York | #180 | 95 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Connecticut | #207 | 9 | 1 in 1,762 |
| Massachusetts | #223 | 13 | 1 in 2,465 |
| Maryland | #234 | 10 | 1 in 2,021 |
| Pennsylvania | #241 | 28 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Hawaii | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,239 |
| Louisiana | #259 | 20 | 1 in 1,520 |
| Wisconsin | #388 | 5 | 1 in 6,146 |
| Michigan | #395 | 12 | 1 in 5,093 |
| North Carolina | #474 | 6 | 1 in 6,040 |
| Illinois | #482 | 14 | 1 in 5,601 |
| Florida | #492 | 9 | 1 in 5,243 |
| Georgia | #511 | 6 | 1 in 5,935 |
| California | #523 | 25 | 1 in 6,347 |
| Texas | #547 | 17 | 1 in 6,328 |
| Ohio | #614 | 6 | 1 in 12,479 |
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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 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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 209,300 of them was named Gerard, which outranked 33.1% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,611Zaira8
- #6,611Zendra8
- #6,611Zoie8
- #7,296Gerard7
- #7,296Abbigail7
- #7,296Adah7
- #7,296Adama7
- #8,156Abbi6
- #8,156Abigal6
- #8,156Abigale6
Tied with 859 names at #7,296; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 4,275 of them was named Gerard, which outranked 93.8% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.