Girard

Last seen for boys in 2003 at #9,581

Peak · boys
#1,091
1905 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1900
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,717
since 1900

Girard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Girard has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #1,091, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2003#9,5816
2002#10,6675
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2000#9,1126
1999#8,7046
1998#7,5607
1997#6,1009
1996#9,0155
1995#6,4078
1994#5,45210
1993#7,6386
1992#6,6707
1991#4,23113
1990#4,40712
1989#5,6158
1988#3,20316
1987#4,5739
1986#3,13115
1985#5,1477
1984#3,70111
1983#4,1419
1982#3,96610
1981#2,89815
1980#3,43012
1979#2,37920
1978#2,92914
1977#4,5827
1976#4,0128
1975#3,6599
1974#2,94612
1973#3,4459
1972#2,99111
1971#3,14610
1970#2,12518
1969#2,54912
1968#2,73510
1967#1,90617
1966#1,72320
1965#1,98716
1964#1,65523
1963#1,62824
1962#1,47928
1961#1,38833
1960#1,29537
1959#1,38732
1958#1,34533
1957#1,31835
1956#1,48028
1955#1,25536
1954#1,59323
1953#1,23137
1952#1,80418
1951#1,21836
1950#1,34029
1949#1,50124
1948#1,70319
1947#1,48225
1946#1,29929
1945#1,69716
1944#1,37024
1943#1,30828
1942#1,11937
1941#1,27627
1940#1,73616
1939#1,57818
1938#1,74116
1937#1,21230
1936#1,63917
1935#1,70817
1934#1,49821
1933#1,64418
1932#1,71618
1931#1,23931
1930#1,46325
1929#1,23732
1928#1,44826
1927#1,37229
1926#1,17437
1925#1,87018
1924#1,62823
1923#1,38528
1922#1,36729
1921#1,58823
1920#1,82019
1919#1,62421
1918#1,21133
1917#1,75518
1916#2,15213
1915#1,70717
1914#2,10110
1913#2,2737
1912#2,5445
1911#1,7405
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Girard! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1900–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Girard
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1905 at #1,091 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,051
  • Highest: 1 in 22,051 boys born in 1905 were named Girard (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 329,225 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.9% of all boys named Girard (307) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,091 (1905)#1,201
1910s129#1,211 (1918)#1,901
1920s264#1,174 (1926)#1,489
1930s211#1,212 (1937)#1,544
1940s245#1,119 (1942)#1,449
1950s307#1,218 (1951)#1,397
1960s220#1,295 (1960)#1,835
1970s118#2,125 (1970)#3,221
1980s112#2,898 (1981)#3,981
1990s83#4,231 (1991)#6,618
2000s17#9,112 (2000)#9,787

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.

Girard in 1955

boys
#1,255
36 births · 1 in 57,219 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,255Girard36
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 57,219 of them was named Girard, which outranked 71.5% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Girard
  1. #1,240Richardo37
  2. #1,240Rockie37
  3. #1,240Wendel37
  4. #1,255Girard36
  5. #1,255Addison36
  6. #1,255Allison36
  7. #1,255Arvin36
  8. #1,273Abram35
  9. #1,273Ardell35
  10. #1,273Broderick35

Tied with 17 names at #1,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →