Gerhard

Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022

Peak · boys
1885 · 17 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,429
since 1882

Gerhard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gerhard has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #439, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020#12,0225
2019—
2018—
2017#12,2465
2016#8,8168
2015—
2014#12,1085
2013—
2012#10,7706
2011—
2010—
2009#12,4915
2008—
2007—
2006#6,09413
2005#11,4725
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001#9,2436
2000—
1999—
1998#9,6315
1997#6,6188
1996#7,9716
1995#6,4078
1994#6,3728
1993#6,8167
1992#6,1288
1991#6,5197
1990#4,99310
1989#5,1659
1988#5,7517
1987#5,4597
1986#5,9266
1985—
1984—
1983#4,4998
1982#5,0037
1981#6,2625
1980#3,83810
1979#5,3556
1978#5,0596
1977#5,1236
1976#3,09512
1975#4,7976
1974#2,27718
1973#2,71613
1972#3,15210
1971#2,20318
1970#2,05819
1969#1,68024
1968#1,73121
1967#1,71121
1966#1,51026
1965#1,29435
1964#1,23639
1963#1,37532
1962#1,31135
1961#1,60225
1960#1,48629
1959#1,33734
1958#1,51127
1957#1,45729
1956#1,25737
1955#1,53825
1954#1,46627
1953#1,70920
1952#2,15313
1951#1,55323
1950#2,32111
1949#2,12313
1948#2,6089
1947#1,78618
1946#2,14312
1945#1,92613
1944#1,68317
1943#1,30828
1942#1,16735
1941#1,33325
1940#1,09036
1939#1,45821
1938#1,36424
1937#1,05637
1936#1,20530
1935#1,05737
1934#1,02440
1933#1,12434
1932#1,17533
1931#1,07839
1930#1,00746
1929#92353
1928#1,05743
1927#92455
1926#93153
1925#1,09141
1924#1,15239
1923#1,14039
1922#1,03946
1921#1,10141
1920#97550
1919#1,04742
1918#88257
1917#79762
1916#80359
1915#86850
1914#78845
1913#75938
1912#63543
1911#98212
1910#1,3147
1909#84012
1908#9469
1907—
1906#1,1116
1905#8369
1904#1,2055
1903#65612
1902—
1901—
1900#9688
1899#66110
1898#1,0026
1897—
1896—
1895#8727
1894#8577
1893#1,0355
1892#7928
1891#7008
1890#7398
1889#7228
1888#1,0315
1887#7527
1886—
1885#43917
1884#8486
1883#7207
1882#8376
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Gerhard! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Gerhard is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Gerhard
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 409 spots in 1885 (#848 → #439)
  • Biggest drop: 549 spots in 1904 (#656 → #1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1885 at #439 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1911–1918
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,341
  • Highest: 1 in 6,341 boys born in 1885 were named Gerhard (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Gerhard (460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s56#439 (1885)#764
1890s59#661 (1899)#832
1900s61#656 (1903)#937
1910s415#635 (1912)#888
1920s460#923 (1929)#1,033
1930s341#1,007 (1930)#1,155
1940s206#1,090 (1940)#1,717
1950s246#1,257 (1956)#1,630
1960s287#1,236 (1964)#1,494
1970s114#2,058 (1970)#3,584
1980s59#3,838 (1980)#5,238
1990s67#4,993 (1990)#6,828
2000s29#6,094 (2006)#9,825
2010s24#8,816 (2016)#10,985
2020s5#12,022 (2020)#12,022

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.

Gerhard in 1900

boys
#968
8 births · 1 in 18,809 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #968Gerhard8
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 18,809 of them was named Gerhard, which outranked 35.7% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerhard
  1. #902Wellington9
  2. #902Wilfrid9
  3. #902Zollie9
  4. #968Gerhard8
  5. #968Ace8
  6. #968Adolf8
  7. #968Agnes8
  8. #1,050Adelbert7
  9. #1,050Ananias7
  10. #1,050Arlington7

Tied with 81 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →