Gerrit

#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births

Peak · boys
1881 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,877
since 1881

Gerrit over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gerrit has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #781, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,60816
2024#8,9878
2023#6,89712
2022#10,8636
2021#5,77615
2020#5,98014
2019#4,33723
2018#4,91819
2017#8,1409
2016#4,62421
2015#3,68429
2014#3,61729
2013#4,98118
2012#4,13124
2011#4,11024
2010#4,09924
2009#4,42922
2008#3,64629
2007#3,68728
2006#3,30632
2005#3,24131
2004#3,07432
2003#2,78035
2002#2,68535
2001#3,06129
2000#2,33041
1999#2,39837
1998#2,04046
1997#2,20139
1996#2,04742
1995#1,98842
1994#2,04140
1993#2,20935
1992#1,98140
1991#2,29531
1990#2,25531
1989#1,83141
1988#2,19728
1987#2,21526
1986#2,09627
1985#2,50420
1984#2,15924
1983#1,90528
1982#1,99927
1981#1,94228
1980#1,76532
1979#1,59836
1978#1,59635
1977#1,60734
1976#1,64632
1975#1,70429
1974#1,83225
1973#2,03620
1972#2,32316
1971#2,81312
1970#1,98920
1969#2,04617
1968#1,45529
1967#1,80919
1966#2,21613
1965#2,27013
1964#2,11415
1963#1,95717
1962#2,18614
1961#1,82320
1960#2,53511
1959#1,91618
1958#2,37012
1957#1,88718
1956#1,41830
1955#2,21913
1954#1,55924
1953#2,7099
1952#1,37830
1951#2,13513
1950#2,20712
1949#2,45310
1948#1,88116
1947#1,78618
1946#1,94914
1945#2,13111
1944#2,6338
1943#1,63619
1942#1,68218
1941#1,90314
1940#1,62718
1939#1,35924
1938#1,39723
1937#1,62718
1936#1,72316
1935#1,75716
1934#1,38624
1933#1,64418
1932#1,58420
1931#1,48922
1930#1,64420
1929#1,44325
1928#1,29331
1927#1,16338
1926#1,60522
1925#1,20135
1924#1,22335
1923#1,21335
1922#1,18137
1921#1,15938
1920#1,11940
1919#1,09739
1918#1,12437
1917#1,09237
1916#89249
1915#92545
1914#96733
1913#1,07522
1912#1,7469
1911
1910#1,4216
1909#1,1557
1908#1,2176
1907#1,3455
1906#1,0047
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#9076
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#7816
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Gerrit! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Gerrit is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Gerrit
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,379 spots since 2024 (#8,987#5,608)
  • 372 spots since 2020 (#5,980#5,608)
  • 1,924 spots since 2015 (#3,684#5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 108 spots in 1914 (#1,075#967)
  • Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1917 (#892#1,092)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1914–1916
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,789
  • Highest: 1 in 16,789 boys born in 1881 were named Gerrit (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 13.3% of all boys named Gerrit (383) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#781 (1881)#781
1890s6#907 (1893)#907
1900s30#1,004 (1906)#1,172
1910s277#892 (1916)#1,149
1920s336#1,119 (1920)#1,260
1930s201#1,359 (1939)#1,561
1940s146#1,627 (1940)#1,968
1950s179#1,378 (1952)#1,980
1960s168#1,455 (1968)#2,041
1970s259#1,596 (1978)#1,914
1980s281#1,765 (1980)#2,061
1990s383#1,981 (1992)#2,146
2000s314#2,330 (2000)#3,224
2010s220#3,617 (2014)#4,664
2020s71#5,608 (2025)#7,352

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.

Gerrit in 1893

boys
#907
6 births · 1 in 18,720 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #907Gerrit6
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Gerrit, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerrit
  1. #836Willian7
  2. #836Worth7
  3. #836Yee7
  4. #907Gerrit6
  5. #907Agnes6
  6. #907Albion6
  7. #907Alfredo6
  8. #1,035Addie5
  9. #1,035Adelard5
  10. #1,035Adolfo5

Tied with 127 names at #907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893