Boys' name · peaked in 1956
Gerard name popularity since 1925
53,382 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Gerard. Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Gerard is about 69 years old in 2026. Gerard peaked in 1956 as the #180 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 53,382
- Named Gerard, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,713 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 102 girls · 53,280 boys
- Most popular in
- New Hampshire
- 5.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Gerard made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Gerard births per year, 1925–2025
1956 was the biggest year for Gerard both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 2000 and 2005, Gerard's share of baby boys fell by 43%, from 1 in 10,100 to 1 in 17,700.
- Fastest rise: Between 2007 and 2012, it became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 20,800 baby boys to 1 in 11,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Gerard's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Gerard.
Decade by decade
Babies named Gerard in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 7 | 2,915 | – |
| 1930s | 10 | 5,303 | #225 |
| 1940s | 10 | 8,128 | #210 |
| 1950s | 19 | 14,216 | #179 |
| 1960s | 24 | 9,337 | #256 |
| 1970s | 18 | 4,013 | #392 |
| 1980s | 14 | 3,303 | #468 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,383 | #736 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,340 | #1,336 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,634 | #1,086 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 708 | #1,713 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.1% of babies named Gerard from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Gerard is most popular
The index compares Gerard's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Gerard.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 5.55× | 865 |
| Maine | 5.53× | 1,171 |
| Rhode Island | 5.48× | 962 |
| Massachusetts | 4.08× | 4,811 |
| New York | 4.08× | 15,343 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Gerard and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Gerard (this page) | 53,280 | 1956 |
| Gerhard | 1,623 | 1885 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Gerard's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Gerard.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Gerard (1956).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data