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.

Gertrude

#231 most common girls' name of all time · #436 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#231
Rank overall
#436 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
177,668
Since 2016
292
Peak year
1917 #37
Best rank
#22 1906
Girls Boys peak 6,315/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Gertrude is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 — 17 #6,546
2024 29 — 29 #4,670
2023 31 — 31 #4,454
2022 32 — 32 #4,378
2021 30 — 30 #4,507
2020 32 — 32 #4,263
2019 34 — 34 #4,162
2018 25 — 25 #5,153
2017 26 — 26 #5,045
2016 36 — 36 #4,084
2015 26 — 26 #5,127
2014 20 — 20 #6,207
2013 18 — 18 #6,729
2012 17 — 17 #7,144
2011 17 — 17 #7,118
2010 17 — 17 #7,217
2009 8 — 8 #12,429
2008 16 — 16 #7,742
2007 18 — 18 #7,092
2006 15 — 15 #7,868
2005 14 — 14 #7,891
2004 17 — 17 #6,768
2003 9 — 9 #10,425
2002 11 — 11 #8,837
2001 10 — 10 #9,351
2000 17 — 17 #6,208
1999 13 — 13 #7,239
1998 5 — 5 #14,122
1997 7 — 7 #10,836
1996 15 — 15 #6,064
1995 9 — 9 #8,766
1994 13 — 13 #6,672
1993 8 — 8 #9,560
1992 9 — 9 #8,735
1991 14 — 14 #6,253
1990 9 — 9 #8,501
1989 17 — 17 #5,049
1988 22 — 22 #4,015
1987 11 — 11 #6,335
1986 13 — 13 #5,459
1985 14 — 14 #5,077
1984 16 — 16 #4,478
1983 21 — 21 #3,687
1982 24 — 24 #3,418
1981 22 — 22 #3,625
1980 28 — 28 #3,069
1979 19 — 19 #3,903
1978 19 — 19 #3,777
1977 20 — 20 #3,612
1976 21 — 21 #3,287
1975 43 — 43 #2,023
1974 39 — 39 #2,100
1973 55 — 55 #1,647
1972 55 — 55 #1,627
1971 55 — 55 #1,665
1970 54 — 54 #1,706
1969 53 — 53 #1,648
1968 58 — 58 #1,491
1967 71 — 71 #1,281
1966 98 — 98 #1,057
1965 112 — 112 #973
1964 153 — 153 #841
1963 169 — 169 #799
1962 152 — 152 #855
1961 173 — 173 #794
1960 211 — 211 #702
1959 220 — 220 #674
1958 243 — 243 #628
1957 300 — 300 #552
1956 340 — 340 #509
1955 371 — 371 #472
1954 393 — 393 #443
1953 422 — 422 #420
1952 476 — 476 #379
1951 558 — 558 #335
1950 613 — 613 #314
1949 657 5 662 #302
1948 651 — 651 #301
1947 702 — 702 #298
1946 639 — 639 #290
1945 664 — 664 #262
1944 813 — 813 #232
1943 867 7 874 #227
1942 932 — 932 #215
1941 997 — 997 #190
1940 1,014 — 1,014 #186
1939 1,092 6 1,098 #173
1938 1,167 12 1,179 #172
1937 1,319 8 1,327 #159
1936 1,316 9 1,325 #156
1935 1,425 14 1,439 #145
1934 1,582 6 1,588 #135
1933 1,619 7 1,626 #133
1932 1,968 13 1,981 #124
1931 2,094 13 2,107 #115
1930 2,555 13 2,568 #96
1929 2,725 14 2,739 #95
1928 3,011 12 3,023 #86
1927 3,508 17 3,525 #78
1926 3,852 12 3,864 #71
1925 3,892 11 3,903 #70
1924 4,543 17 4,560 #60
1923 4,700 9 4,709 #59
1922 5,082 13 5,095 #48
1921 5,349 8 5,357 #46
1920 5,797 17 5,814 #42
1919 6,014 16 6,030 #39
1918 6,264 14 6,278 #39
1917 6,300 15 6,315 #37
1916 6,243 16 6,259 #35
1915 6,077 15 6,092 #35
1914 4,938 11 4,949 #32
1913 4,015 13 4,028 #33
1912 3,887 14 3,901 #30
1911 2,895 13 2,908 #30
1910 2,932 8 2,940 #26
1909 2,622 — 2,622 #25
1908 2,562 13 2,575 #25
1907 2,499 10 2,509 #24
1906 2,375 9 2,384 #22
1905 2,276 10 2,286 #27
1904 2,269 6 2,275 #25
1903 2,253 5 2,258 #24
1902 2,207 10 2,217 #27
1901 1,964 5 1,969 #27
1900 2,580 8 2,588 #23
1899 2,110 7 2,117 #23
1898 2,302 14 2,316 #24
1897 2,135 6 2,141 #23
1896 2,221 6 2,227 #23
1895 2,129 12 2,141 #24
1894 1,908 10 1,918 #25
1893 1,811 — 1,811 #24
1892 1,924 7 1,931 #23
1891 1,645 11 1,656 #26
1890 1,713 9 1,722 #26
1889 1,543 7 1,550 #28
1888 1,468 5 1,473 #28
1887 1,251 — 1,251 #28
1886 1,249 7 1,256 #27
1885 1,086 8 1,094 #29
1884 1,063 5 1,068 #29
1883 923 — 923 #25
1882 939 — 939 #26
1881 791 — 791 #24
1880 787 — 787 #25