Gerard
Gerard is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 115 births. Its best rank was 177th, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1150.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19561,617 births
- Best rank
- #177in 1954
- Since 1886
- 58,721people given the name
The story in the numbers
58,721 boys have been named Gerard in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 1,617 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 24%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gerard | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | |
| 1890s | 61 | |
| 1900s | 214 | |
| 1910s | 2,676 | |
| 1920s | 5,490 | |
| 1930s | 5,303 | |
| 1940s | 8,127 | |
| 1950s | 14,216 | |
| 1960s | 9,335 | |
| 1970s | 4,013 | |
| 1980s | 3,303 | |
| 1990s | 2,383 | |
| 2000s | 1,339 | |
| 2010s | 1,634 | |
| 2020s | 613 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Gerard was the 181st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1956 were Michael, James, Robert, David and John. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Gerard
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Curtisspeak 1959
- Dalepeak 1958
- Lawrancepeak 1950
- Alfonzapeak 1957
- Glynnpeak 1950
- Jeromepeak 1954
- Jamepeak 1957
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.