Gerard
#458 most common boys' name of all time · #996 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among boys
#458
Rank overall
#996 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
58,932
Since 2016
1,294
Peak year
1956 #181
Best rank
#177 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 1,617/yr
Gerard first appears in 1886. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,711 |
| 2024 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,532 |
| 2023 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,410 |
| 2022 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,427 |
| 2021 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,480 |
| 2020 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,451 |
| 2019 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,480 |
| 2018 | — | 149 | 149 | #1,239 |
| 2017 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,165 |
| 2016 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,187 |
| 2015 | — | 180 | 180 | #1,087 |
| 2014 | — | 202 | 202 | #1,013 |
| 2013 | — | 183 | 183 | #1,048 |
| 2012 | — | 171 | 171 | #1,092 |
| 2011 | — | 172 | 172 | #1,083 |
| 2010 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,251 |
| 2009 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,333 |
| 2008 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,355 |
| 2007 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,563 |
| 2006 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,374 |
| 2005 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,336 |
| 2004 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,227 |
| 2003 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,131 |
| 2002 | — | 156 | 156 | #999 |
| 2001 | — | 146 | 146 | #1,017 |
| 2000 | — | 194 | 194 | #825 |
| 1999 | — | 175 | 175 | #864 |
| 1998 | — | 175 | 175 | #838 |
| 1997 | — | 190 | 190 | #778 |
| 1996 | — | 195 | 195 | #758 |
| 1995 | — | 213 | 213 | #736 |
| 1994 | — | 258 | 258 | #648 |
| 1993 | — | 250 | 250 | #652 |
| 1992 | — | 268 | 268 | #632 |
| 1991 | — | 309 | 309 | #575 |
| 1990 | — | 350 | 350 | #527 |
| 1989 | — | 326 | 326 | #534 |
| 1988 | — | 327 | 327 | #509 |
| 1987 | 6 | 314 | 320 | #506 |
| 1986 | 8 | 330 | 338 | #480 |
| 1985 | — | 343 | 343 | #467 |
| 1984 | — | 336 | 336 | #460 |
| 1983 | — | 303 | 303 | #486 |
| 1982 | — | 366 | 366 | #441 |
| 1981 | — | 316 | 316 | #468 |
| 1980 | — | 342 | 342 | #453 |
| 1979 | 5 | 336 | 341 | #441 |
| 1978 | — | 337 | 337 | #435 |
| 1977 | — | 348 | 348 | #423 |
| 1976 | 7 | 367 | 374 | #405 |
| 1975 | — | 399 | 399 | #392 |
| 1974 | 6 | 387 | 393 | #394 |
| 1973 | — | 377 | 377 | #401 |
| 1972 | — | 399 | 399 | #394 |
| 1971 | — | 516 | 516 | #355 |
| 1970 | — | 547 | 547 | #346 |
| 1969 | — | 543 | 543 | #334 |
| 1968 | — | 585 | 585 | #312 |
| 1967 | — | 665 | 665 | #280 |
| 1966 | — | 795 | 795 | #257 |
| 1965 | 5 | 827 | 832 | #256 |
| 1964 | 5 | 1,023 | 1,028 | #238 |
| 1963 | — | 1,072 | 1,072 | #229 |
| 1962 | 8 | 1,121 | 1,129 | #228 |
| 1961 | 6 | 1,309 | 1,315 | #215 |
| 1960 | — | 1,397 | 1,397 | #205 |
| 1959 | — | 1,399 | 1,399 | #205 |
| 1958 | 5 | 1,475 | 1,480 | #191 |
| 1957 | — | 1,517 | 1,517 | #189 |
| 1956 | — | 1,617 | 1,617 | #181 |
| 1955 | 5 | 1,521 | 1,526 | #179 |
| 1954 | — | 1,520 | 1,520 | #177 |
| 1953 | — | 1,366 | 1,366 | #186 |
| 1952 | 9 | 1,338 | 1,347 | #184 |
| 1951 | — | 1,303 | 1,303 | #183 |
| 1950 | — | 1,160 | 1,160 | #191 |
| 1949 | — | 1,044 | 1,044 | #197 |
| 1948 | — | 972 | 972 | #202 |
| 1947 | 5 | 983 | 988 | #202 |
| 1946 | — | 884 | 884 | #197 |
| 1945 | — | 681 | 681 | #210 |
| 1944 | — | 720 | 720 | #206 |
| 1943 | — | 770 | 770 | #205 |
| 1942 | — | 832 | 832 | #193 |
| 1941 | 5 | 689 | 694 | #200 |
| 1940 | — | 553 | 553 | #225 |
| 1939 | — | 521 | 521 | #228 |
| 1938 | — | 536 | 536 | #225 |
| 1937 | — | 478 | 478 | #243 |
| 1936 | — | 468 | 468 | #241 |
| 1935 | — | 525 | 525 | #225 |
| 1934 | 5 | 545 | 550 | #221 |
| 1933 | — | 536 | 536 | #215 |
| 1932 | — | 542 | 542 | #221 |
| 1931 | — | 551 | 551 | #222 |
| 1930 | 5 | 601 | 606 | #215 |
| 1929 | — | 552 | 552 | #230 |
| 1928 | — | 594 | 594 | #222 |
| 1927 | — | 629 | 629 | #212 |
| 1926 | 7 | 586 | 593 | #229 |
| 1925 | — | 554 | 554 | #237 |
| 1924 | — | 541 | 541 | #249 |
| 1923 | — | 554 | 554 | #238 |
| 1922 | 5 | 542 | 547 | #242 |
| 1921 | — | 530 | 530 | #244 |
| 1920 | — | 408 | 408 | #275 |
| 1919 | — | 410 | 410 | #263 |
| 1918 | — | 447 | 447 | #252 |
| 1917 | — | 413 | 413 | #249 |
| 1916 | — | 359 | 359 | #265 |
| 1915 | — | 323 | 323 | #272 |
| 1914 | — | 236 | 236 | #291 |
| 1913 | 5 | 201 | 206 | #272 |
| 1912 | — | 149 | 149 | #294 |
| 1911 | — | 89 | 89 | #277 |
| 1910 | — | 49 | 49 | #369 |
| 1909 | — | 39 | 39 | #396 |
| 1908 | — | 30 | 30 | #449 |
| 1907 | — | 32 | 32 | #403 |
| 1906 | — | 25 | 25 | #455 |
| 1905 | — | 25 | 25 | #451 |
| 1904 | — | 18 | 18 | #536 |
| 1903 | — | 11 | 11 | #730 |
| 1902 | — | 8 | 8 | #919 |
| 1901 | — | 15 | 15 | #533 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #828 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,154 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,233 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,185 |
| 1896 | — | 10 | 10 | #771 |
| 1895 | — | 14 | 14 | #578 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #784 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,207 |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | #764 |
| 1889 | — | 9 | 9 | #719 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,090 |