Gertrude
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,690
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 2,375 births
- Debut · girls
- 787 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 51 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 177,100since 1880
Gertrude over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,706 | 54 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,491 | 58 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,281 | 71 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,057 | 98 | — | |
| 1965 | #973 | 112 | — | |
| 1964 | #841 | 153 | — | |
| 1963 | #799 | 169 | — | |
| 1962 | #855 | 152 | — | |
| 1961 | #794 | 173 | — | |
| 1960 | #702 | 211 | — | |
| 1959 | #674 | 220 | — | |
| 1958 | #628 | 243 | — | |
| 1957 | #552 | 300 | — | |
| 1956 | #509 | 340 | — | |
| 1955 | #472 | 371 | — | |
| 1954 | #443 | 393 | — | |
| 1953 | #420 | 422 | — | |
| 1952 | #379 | 476 | — | |
| 1951 | #335 | 558 | — | |
| 1950 | #314 | 613 | — | |
| 1949 | #302 | 657 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #301 | 651 | — | |
| 1947 | #298 | 702 | — | |
| 1946 | #290 | 639 | — | |
| 1945 | #262 | 664 | — | |
| 1944 | #232 | 813 | — | |
| 1943 | #227 | 867 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #215 | 932 | — | |
| 1941 | #190 | 997 | — | |
| 1940 | #186 | 1,014 | — | |
| 1939 | #173 | 1,092 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #172 | 1,167 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #159 | 1,319 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #156 | 1,316 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #145 | 1,425 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #135 | 1,582 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #133 | 1,619 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #124 | 1,968 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #115 | 2,094 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #96 | 2,555 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #95 | 2,725 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #86 | 3,011 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #78 | 3,508 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #71 | 3,852 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #70 | 3,892 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #60 | 4,543 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #59 | 4,700 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #48 | 5,082 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #46 | 5,349 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #42 | 5,797 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #39 | 6,014 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #39 | 6,264 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #37 | 6,300 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #35 | 6,243 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #35 | 6,077 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #32 | 4,938 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #33 | 4,015 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #30 | 3,887 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #30 | 2,895 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #26 | 2,932 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #25 | 2,622 | — | |
| 1908 | #25 | 2,562 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #24 | 2,499 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #22 | 2,375 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #27 | 2,276 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #25 | 2,269 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #24 | 2,253 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #27 | 2,207 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #27 | 1,964 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #23 | 2,580 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #23 | 2,110 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #24 | 2,302 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #23 | 2,135 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #23 | 2,221 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #24 | 2,129 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #25 | 1,908 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #24 | 1,811 | — | |
| 1892 | #23 | 1,924 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #26 | 1,645 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #26 | 1,713 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #28 | 1,543 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #28 | 1,468 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #28 | 1,251 | — | |
| 1886 | #27 | 1,249 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #29 | 1,086 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #28 | 1,063 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #25 | 923 | — | |
| 1882 | #26 | 939 | — | |
| 1881 | #24 | 791 | — | |
| 1880 | #25 | 787 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gertrude was already there! It came in at #25, and was given to 787 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–1998, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gertrude
- 1,877 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #6,546)
- 2,283 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #6,546)
- 1,419 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 56 spots in 1963 (#855 → #799)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1965 (#841 → #973)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1906 at #22 (2,375 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1880–1930
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1965
- Highest: 1 in 107 girls born in 1896 were named Gertrude (0.93%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #22 in 1906, was only 1 in 124 (0.80%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.0% of all girls named Gertrude (49,565) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11,100 | #24 (1881) | #27 |
| 1890s | 19,898 | #23 (1896) | #24 |
| 1900s | 23,607 | #22 (1906) | #25 |
| 1910s | 49,565 | #26 (1910) | #34 |
| 1920s | 42,459 | #42 (1920) | #66 |
| 1930s | 16,137 | #96 (1930) | #141 |
| 1940s | 7,936 | #186 (1940) | #250 |
| 1950s | 3,936 | #314 (1950) | #473 |
| 1960s | 1,250 | #702 (1960) | #1,044 |
| 1970s | 380 | #1,627 (1972) | #2,535 |
| 1980s | 188 | #3,069 (1980) | #4,421 |
| 1990s | 102 | #6,064 (1996) | #8,675 |
| 2000s | 135 | #6,208 (2000) | #8,461 |
| 2010s | 236 | #4,083 (2016) | #5,798 |
| 2020s | 171 | #4,263 (2020) | #4,803 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gertrude in 1899
Top girls' names in 1899
Top boys' names in 1899
More about 1899
girls
233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 110 of them was named Gertrude, which outranked 98.8% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 15,173 of them was named Gertrude, which outranked 28.6% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).