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.

Gerhard

#2,795 most common boys' name of all time · #6,728 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2020

Rank among boys
#2,795
Rank overall
#6,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
2,429
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1917 #800
Best rank
#461 1885
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gerhard first appears in 1882. 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
2020 — 5 5 #12,063
2017 — 5 5 #12,284
2016 — 8 8 #8,841
2014 — 5 5 #12,153
2012 — 6 6 #10,803
2009 — 5 5 #12,545
2006 — 13 13 #6,108
2005 — 5 5 #11,514
2001 — 6 6 #9,286
1998 — 5 5 #9,660
1997 — 8 8 #6,643
1996 — 6 6 #8,005
1995 — 8 8 #6,432
1994 — 8 8 #6,400
1993 — 7 7 #6,857
1992 — 8 8 #6,162
1991 — 7 7 #6,545
1990 — 10 10 #5,014
1989 — 9 9 #5,193
1988 — 7 7 #5,798
1987 — 7 7 #5,500
1986 — 6 6 #5,970
1983 — 8 8 #4,533
1982 — 7 7 #5,047
1981 — 5 5 #6,319
1980 — 10 10 #3,862
1979 — 6 6 #5,394
1978 — 6 6 #5,094
1977 — 6 6 #5,158
1976 — 12 12 #3,115
1975 — 6 6 #4,842
1974 — 18 18 #2,288
1973 — 13 13 #2,738
1972 — 10 10 #3,176
1971 — 18 18 #2,217
1970 — 19 19 #2,066
1969 — 24 24 #1,694
1968 — 21 21 #1,748
1967 — 21 21 #1,725
1966 — 26 26 #1,517
1965 — 35 35 #1,304
1964 — 39 39 #1,244
1963 — 32 32 #1,383
1962 — 35 35 #1,323
1961 — 25 25 #1,608
1960 — 29 29 #1,500
1959 — 34 34 #1,342
1958 — 27 27 #1,517
1957 — 29 29 #1,467
1956 — 37 37 #1,272
1955 — 25 25 #1,545
1954 — 27 27 #1,478
1953 — 20 20 #1,725
1952 — 13 13 #2,179
1951 — 23 23 #1,564
1950 — 11 11 #2,337
1949 — 13 13 #2,145
1948 — 9 9 #2,632
1947 — 18 18 #1,808
1946 — 12 12 #2,164
1945 — 13 13 #1,947
1944 — 17 17 #1,699
1943 — 28 28 #1,319
1942 — 35 35 #1,179
1941 — 25 25 #1,344
1940 — 36 36 #1,094
1939 — 21 21 #1,469
1938 — 24 24 #1,375
1937 — 37 37 #1,063
1936 — 30 30 #1,211
1935 — 37 37 #1,068
1934 — 40 40 #1,028
1933 — 34 34 #1,133
1932 — 33 33 #1,184
1931 — 39 39 #1,089
1930 — 46 46 #1,012
1929 — 53 53 #926
1928 — 43 43 #1,066
1927 — 55 55 #929
1926 — 53 53 #939
1925 — 41 41 #1,098
1924 — 39 39 #1,160
1923 — 39 39 #1,148
1922 — 46 46 #1,040
1921 — 41 41 #1,113
1920 — 50 50 #979
1919 — 42 42 #1,055
1918 — 57 57 #885
1917 — 62 62 #800
1916 — 59 59 #805
1915 — 50 50 #871
1914 — 45 45 #792
1913 — 38 38 #770
1912 — 43 43 #645
1911 — 12 12 #1,014
1910 — 7 7 #1,355
1909 — 12 12 #876
1908 — 9 9 #988
1906 — 6 6 #1,177
1905 — 9 9 #887
1904 — 5 5 #1,286
1903 — 12 12 #688
1900 — 8 8 #1,018
1899 — 10 10 #707
1898 — 6 6 #1,069
1895 — 7 7 #939
1894 — 7 7 #918
1893 — 5 5 #1,111
1892 — 8 8 #840
1891 — 8 8 #757
1890 — 8 8 #805
1889 — 8 8 #781
1888 — 5 5 #1,109
1887 — 7 7 #806
1885 — 17 17 #461
1884 — 6 6 #939
1883 — 7 7 #788
1882 — 6 6 #924