Gerrit
#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,877since 1881
Gerrit over time
Rank among boys' names. Gerrit has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #3,617 | 29 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #3,646 | 29 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #3,241 | 31 |
| 2004 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #2,040 | 46 |
| 1997 | #2,201 | 39 |
| 1996 | #2,047 | 42 |
| 1995 | #1,988 | 42 |
| 1994 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #1,981 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,255 | 31 |
| 1989 | #1,831 | 41 |
| 1988 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #1,765 | 32 |
| 1979 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #1,596 | 35 |
| 1977 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1955 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,359 | 24 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,223 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1921 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,124 | 37 |
| 1917 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | #967 | 33 |
| 1913 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
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| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#170 · 1 in 1,178
- Michigan#203 · 1 in 1,538
Best ever in a state: #157 in South Dakota, 1924.
Show every state
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| Iowa | #170 | 10 | 1 in 1,178 |
| Michigan | #203 | 10 | 1 in 1,538 |
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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 Gerrit
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1914–1916
- 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%)
- 13.3% of all boys named Gerrit (383) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #781 (1881) | #781 |
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 30 | #1,004 (1906) | #1,172 |
| 1910s | 277 | #892 (1916) | #1,149 |
| 1920s | 336 | #1,119 (1920) | #1,260 |
| 1930s | 201 | #1,359 (1939) | #1,561 |
| 1940s | 146 | #1,627 (1940) | #1,968 |
| 1950s | 179 | #1,378 (1952) | #1,980 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,455 (1968) | #2,041 |
| 1970s | 259 | #1,596 (1978) | #1,914 |
| 1980s | 281 | #1,765 (1980) | #2,061 |
| 1990s | 383 | #1,981 (1992) | #2,146 |
| 2000s | 314 | #2,330 (2000) | #3,224 |
| 2010s | 220 | #3,617 (2014) | #4,664 |
| 2020s | 71 | #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 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
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654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 19,841 of them was named Gerrit, which outranked 74.3% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).