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.

Gerrit

#2,509 most common boys' name of all time · #6,040 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#2,509
Rank overall
#6,040 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
2,877
Since 2016
143
Peak year
1916 #902
Best rank
#853 1881
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gerrit first appears in 1881. 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 — 16 16 #5,618
2024 — 8 8 #9,013
2023 — 12 12 #6,908
2022 — 6 6 #10,895
2021 — 15 15 #5,782
2020 — 14 14 #5,993
2019 — 23 23 #4,343
2018 — 19 19 #4,928
2017 — 9 9 #8,161
2016 — 21 21 #4,627
2015 — 29 29 #3,685
2014 — 29 29 #3,619
2013 — 18 18 #4,986
2012 — 24 24 #4,135
2011 — 24 24 #4,112
2010 — 24 24 #4,105
2009 — 22 22 #4,439
2008 — 29 29 #3,649
2007 — 28 28 #3,696
2006 — 32 32 #3,312
2005 — 31 31 #3,247
2004 — 32 32 #3,077
2003 — 35 35 #2,787
2002 — 35 35 #2,687
2001 — 29 29 #3,062
2000 — 41 41 #2,333
1999 — 37 37 #2,400
1998 — 46 46 #2,041
1997 — 39 39 #2,205
1996 — 42 42 #2,050
1995 — 42 42 #1,994
1994 — 40 40 #2,047
1993 — 35 35 #2,212
1992 — 40 40 #1,982
1991 — 31 31 #2,305
1990 — 31 31 #2,259
1989 — 41 41 #1,834
1988 — 28 28 #2,207
1987 — 26 26 #2,227
1986 — 27 27 #2,105
1985 — 20 20 #2,519
1984 — 24 24 #2,170
1983 — 28 28 #1,913
1982 — 27 27 #2,008
1981 — 28 28 #1,948
1980 — 32 32 #1,774
1979 — 36 36 #1,604
1978 — 35 35 #1,597
1977 — 34 34 #1,614
1976 — 32 32 #1,656
1975 — 29 29 #1,715
1974 — 25 25 #1,844
1973 — 20 20 #2,058
1972 — 16 16 #2,340
1971 — 12 12 #2,833
1970 — 20 20 #2,001
1969 — 17 17 #2,062
1968 — 29 29 #1,461
1967 — 19 19 #1,819
1966 — 13 13 #2,234
1965 — 13 13 #2,288
1964 — 15 15 #2,138
1963 — 17 17 #1,977
1962 — 14 14 #2,201
1961 — 20 20 #1,836
1960 — 11 11 #2,557
1959 — 18 18 #1,929
1958 — 12 12 #2,394
1957 — 18 18 #1,901
1956 — 30 30 #1,426
1955 — 13 13 #2,229
1954 — 24 24 #1,566
1953 — 9 9 #2,742
1952 — 30 30 #1,385
1951 — 13 13 #2,151
1950 — 12 12 #2,229
1949 — 10 10 #2,472
1948 — 16 16 #1,896
1947 — 18 18 #1,805
1946 — 14 14 #1,967
1945 — 11 11 #2,147
1944 — 8 8 #2,674
1943 — 19 19 #1,649
1942 — 18 18 #1,689
1941 — 14 14 #1,917
1940 — 18 18 #1,641
1939 — 24 24 #1,373
1938 — 23 23 #1,406
1937 — 18 18 #1,661
1936 — 16 16 #1,743
1935 — 16 16 #1,776
1934 — 24 24 #1,393
1933 — 18 18 #1,656
1932 — 20 20 #1,596
1931 — 22 22 #1,503
1930 — 20 20 #1,656
1929 — 25 25 #1,454
1928 — 31 31 #1,301
1927 — 38 38 #1,167
1926 — 22 22 #1,627
1925 — 35 35 #1,211
1924 — 35 35 #1,228
1923 — 35 35 #1,221
1922 — 37 37 #1,187
1921 — 38 38 #1,164
1920 — 40 40 #1,123
1919 — 39 39 #1,103
1918 — 37 37 #1,133
1917 — 37 37 #1,097
1916 — 49 49 #902
1915 — 45 45 #931
1914 — 33 33 #976
1913 — 22 22 #1,090
1912 — 9 9 #1,777
1910 — 6 6 #1,469
1909 — 7 7 #1,199
1908 — 6 6 #1,270
1907 — 5 5 #1,399
1906 — 7 7 #1,058
1902 — 5 5 #1,204
1893 — 6 6 #975
1881 — 6 6 #853