Gerda
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #6,558
- Peak · girls
- 1890 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,099since 1887
Gerda over time
Rank among girls' names. Gerda has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,589 | 27 |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1915 | #944 | 49 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,032 | 25 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#363 · 1 in 3,970
- Illinois#600 · 1 in 10,657
- New York#647 · 1 in 18,310
- Texas#824 · 1 in 8,623
Best ever in a state: #230 in North Dakota, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #363 | 5 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Illinois | #600 | 5 | 1 in 10,657 |
| New York | #647 | 5 | 1 in 18,310 |
| Texas | #824 | 5 | 1 in 8,623 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Gerda
- 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)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1890 at #872 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1898–1899
- 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
- 23.7% of all girls named Gerda (260) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #1,025 (1889) | #1,032 |
| 1890s | 92 | #872 (1890) | #1,092 |
| 1900s | 91 | #965 (1906) | #1,260 |
| 1910s | 260 | #944 (1915) | #1,282 |
| 1920s | 218 | #1,470 (1920) | #1,884 |
| 1930s | 205 | #1,264 (1935) | #1,799 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,424 (1940) | #3,205 |
| 1950s | 80 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,489 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,009 (1961) | #5,967 |
| 1970s | 7 | #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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 20,079 of them was named Gerda, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).