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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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