Gearl**
#9,615 most common boys' name of all time · #24,320 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1919–1965 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,615
Rank overall
#24,320 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
300
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1936 #2,443
Best rank
#1,941 1942
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Gearl first appears in 1919. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,173 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,854 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,594 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,198 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,610 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,576 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,041 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1946 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,182 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,394 |
| 1942 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,941 |
| 1941 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,096 |
| 1940 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,088 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,279 |
| 1938 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #2,629 |
| 1937 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,135 |
| 1936 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,443 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,522 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,531 |
| 1932 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #4,180 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,967 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,648 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,737 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,691 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,017 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,180 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,232 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,133 |