Gerardo

Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · #678 for boys in 2025, 401 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1996 · 1,510 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
55,015
since 1906

Gerardo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gerardo has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #205, 1996boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#678401
2024#595483
2023#589486
2022#581493
2021#568496
2020#555510
2019#578482
2018#560491
2017#470637
2016#452682
2015#418744
2014#401773
2013#398756
2012#371817
2011#359836
2010#354864
2009#322993
2008#2901,174
2007#2611,335
2006#2681,292
2005#2521,312
2004#2361,414
2003#15,7845#2391,399
2002#2341,442
2001#2271,520
2000#9,16310#2111,703
1999#2181,568
1998#2171,472
1997#2141,433
1996#6,39214#2051,510
1995#6,25714#2261,324
1994#7,09712#2281,286
1993#6,62213#2201,356
1992#9,4918#2281,299
1991#5,65916#2391,182
1990#11,4096#2541,065
1989#8,7618#267934
1988#10,3866#276837
1987#309688
1986#6,15611#294710
1985#5,67812#289709
1984#313624
1983#6,7059#284715
1982#10,5175#292690
1981#6,32310#288699
1980#8,1787#307636
1979#5,75111#288698
1978#8,5626#309576
1977#5,88810#305631
1976#6,6118#278680
1975#7,1737#263740
1974#6,2588#337517
1973#8,4235#365448
1972#5,9598#366461
1971#375461
1970#7,9955#384445
1969#7,4715#423346
1968#413349
1967#420329
1966#445297
1965#428324
1964#484265
1963#467285
1962#501253
1961#510242
1960#519233
1959#550202
1958#582177
1957#597166
1956#659132
1955#594153
1954#677113
1953#701102
1952#81474
1951#71694
1950#80671
1949#96751
1948#91057
1947#1,11642
1946#1,14537
1945#97143
1944#1,28227
1943#1,83316
1942#1,53721
1941#1,48521
1940#1,25129
1939#1,71216
1938#1,43922
1937#2,19711
1936#1,87214
1935#1,53820
1934#1,49821
1933#1,54020
1932#1,58420
1931#1,45823
1930#1,29930
1929#1,56422
1928#1,76019
1927#1,32231
1926#1,56523
1925#2,01216
1924#1,89418
1923#1,75320
1922#1,28232
1921#1,58823
1920#2,33613
1919#1,81118
1918#2,39812
1917#2,18813
1916#2,15213
1915#1,96814
1914#1,97511
1913#1,49713
1912#1,7469
1911
1910#1,1938
1909
1908#1,3735
1907
1906#1,2535
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five boys were named Gerardo! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Gerardo is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedNHWashington: #306 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,722 boysWAIdaho: #219 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 950 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedMNIllinois: #182 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 945 boysILWisconsin: #382 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,220 boysWIMichigan: #457 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,980 boysMINew York: #601 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 5,766 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedRIOregon: #217 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,052 boysORNevada: #119 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 471 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedSDIowa: #385 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,265 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedINOhio: #899 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 13,996 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #363 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,041 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #100 for boys · 572 births · 1 in 425 boysCAUtah: #444 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,282 boysUTColorado: #166 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 727 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedNEMissouri: #555 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,772 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedWVVirginia: #602 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,668 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedDEArizona: #113 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 436 boysAZNew Mexico: #141 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 568 boysNMKansas: #324 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,971 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #365 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,554 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #388 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,582 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedALGeorgia: #365 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,345 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Gerardo, so not publishedHITexas: #103 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 416 boysTXFlorida: #343 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 2,223 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#100 · 1 in 425
  2. Texas#103 · 1 in 416
  3. Arizona#113 · 1 in 436
  4. Nevada#119 · 1 in 471
  5. New Mexico#141 · 1 in 568

Best ever in a state: #85 in California, 1996.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#1005721 in 425
Texas#1033861 in 416
Arizona#113801 in 436
Nevada#119241 in 471
New Mexico#141191 in 568
Colorado#166361 in 727
Illinois#182851 in 945
Oregon#217191 in 1,052
Idaho#21981 in 950
Washington#306201 in 1,722
Kansas#32481 in 1,971
Florida#343391 in 2,223
New Jersey#363161 in 3,041
Georgia#365221 in 2,345
North Carolina#365191 in 2,554
Wisconsin#38291 in 3,220
Iowa#38551 in 3,265
Oklahoma#38881 in 2,582
Utah#44461 in 3,282
Michigan#457151 in 3,980
Missouri#55561 in 5,772
New York#601201 in 5,766
Virginia#60271 in 5,668
Ohio#89951 in 13,996
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Gerardo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 83 spots since 2024 (#595#678)
  • 123 spots since 2020 (#555#678)
  • 260 spots since 2015 (#418#678)
  • Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1945 (#1,282#971)
  • Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1946 (#971#1,145)
Rise & fade · boys
90 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1996 at #205 (1,510 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1948–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,153
  • Highest: 1 in 1,153 boys born in 2000 were named Gerardo (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,260 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #205 in 1996, was only 1 in 1,255 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Gerardo (13,584) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,253 (1906)#1,313
1910s111#1,193 (1910)#1,881
1920s217#1,282 (1922)#1,708
1930s197#1,299 (1930)#1,614
1940s344#910 (1948)#1,250
1950s1,284#550 (1959)#670
1960s2,923#413 (1968)#461
1970s5,657#263 (1975)#327
1980s7,242#267 (1989)#292
1990s13,495#205 (1996)#225
2000s13,584#211 (2000)#254
2010s7,082#354 (2010)#436
2020s2,869#555 (2020)#594

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gerardo in 1998

boys
#217
1,472 births · 1 in 1,298 boys

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #217Gerardo1,472
More about 1998

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 1,298 of them was named Gerardo, which outranked 98.1% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerardo
  1. #214Philip1,499
  2. #215Griffin1,491
  3. #216Johnny1,486
  4. #217Gerardo1,472
  5. #218Carson1,471
  6. #219Jonah1,465
  7. #220Colby1,456
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 1,736Tyrese#2,347#611
  2. 805Zion#1,499#694
  3. 785Mekhi#1,706#921
  4. 743Tyriq#1,519#776
  5. 741Tavian#1,599#858
Fallers
  1. 429Coty#918#1,347
  2. 367Anfernee#838#1,205
  3. 326Jessy#962#1,288
  4. 295Mickey#966#1,261
  5. 280Mikal#1,000#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998