Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gearald

#18,030 most common boys' name of all time · #47,193 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1925–1971

Rank among boys
#18,030
Rank overall
#47,193 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
66
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1936 #3,133
Best rank
#3,133 1936
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19401960

Gearald first appears in 1925. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1971 — 5 5 #5,226
1954 — 5 5 #4,190
1951 — 6 6 #3,644
1948 — 5 5 #4,089
1947 — 5 5 #4,170
1943 — 5 5 #3,976
1942 — 6 6 #3,524
1939 — 6 6 #3,449
1938 — 6 6 #3,501
1936 — 7 7 #3,133
1932 — 5 5 #4,230
1925 — 5 5 #4,819