Gerda

Last seen for girls in 1972 at #6,558

Peak · girls
1890 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,099
since 1887

Gerda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gerda has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #872, 1890girls
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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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1972#6,5587
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1968#7,0165
1967#6,8045
1966#6,5645
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1964#6,7675
1963#4,8968
1962#5,2937
1961#4,00911
1960#6,3905
1959#4,3009
1958#6,1035
1957#5,3776
1956#4,8377
1955#4,3768
1954#4,2788
1953#3,26912
1952#4,9086
1951#4,3857
1950#3,05212
1949#3,8928
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1946#3,9947
1945#2,74211
1944#3,6877
1943#2,86111
1942#3,1949
1941#2,84610
1940#2,42412
1939#2,12515
1938#1,43727
1937#1,99916
1936#2,03215
1935#1,26432
1934#1,77119
1933#2,05215
1932#1,63422
1931#2,30713
1930#1,37131
1929#2,01117
1928#1,58926
1927#1,93520
1926#1,58927
1925#1,74824
1924#1,87222
1923#2,58713
1922#2,10918
1921#1,92721
1920#1,47030
1919#1,52727
1918#1,56626
1917#1,70821
1916#1,14738
1915#94449
1914#1,44420
1913#1,17622
1912#1,03225
1911#1,24114
1910#1,03018
1909#1,4719
1908#1,35710
1907#1,20611
1906#96515
1905#1,2989
1904#1,17010
1903#96913
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1901#1,3397
1900#1,5617
1899#87814
1898#92014
1897#1,2637
1896#1,2138
1895#93212
1894#1,1368
1893#1,0918
1892#1,2786
1891#1,3325
1890#87210
1889#1,0257
1888#1,0367
1887#1,0366
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Gerda! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Gerda is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Gerda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
  • Biggest jump: 500 spots in 1915 (#1,444 → #944)
  • Biggest drop: 683 spots in 1900 (#878 → #1,561)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1890 at #872 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1898–1899
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,644
  • Highest: 1 in 16,644 girls born in 1899 were named Gerda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 217,321 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #872 in 1890, was only 1 in 19,038 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 23.7% of all girls named Gerda (260) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s20#1,025 (1889)#1,032
1890s92#872 (1890)#1,092
1900s91#965 (1906)#1,260
1910s260#944 (1915)#1,282
1920s218#1,470 (1920)#1,884
1930s205#1,264 (1935)#1,799
1940s75#2,424 (1940)#3,205
1950s80#3,052 (1950)#4,489
1960s51#4,009 (1961)#5,967
1970s7#6,558 (1972)#6,558

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

Gerda in 1890

girls
#872
10 births · 1 in 19,038 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #872Gerda10
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 19,038 of them was named Gerda, which outranked 43.2% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerda
  1. #825Verena11
  2. #825Verona11
  3. #825Zelia11
  4. #872Gerda10
  5. #872Alene10
  6. #872Amber10
  7. #872Arlie10
  8. #940Abigail9
  9. #940Aida9
  10. #940Albertha9

Tied with 67 names at #872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →