Gerhard
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,429since 1882
Gerhard over time
Rank among boys' names. Gerhard has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,510 | 26 |
| 1965 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #1,375 | 32 |
| 1962 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,205 | 30 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #1,007 | 46 |
| 1929 | #923 | 53 |
| 1928 | #1,057 | 43 |
| 1927 | #924 | 55 |
| 1926 | #931 | 53 |
| 1925 | #1,091 | 41 |
| 1924 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1922 | #1,039 | 46 |
| 1921 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #975 | 50 |
| 1919 | #1,047 | 42 |
| 1918 | #882 | 57 |
| 1917 | #797 | 62 |
| 1916 | #803 | 59 |
| 1915 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #788 | 45 |
| 1913 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #635 | 43 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #656 | 12 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #439 | 17 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#176 · 1 in 1,337
- Minnesota#210 · 1 in 1,567
- Nebraska#246 · 1 in 2,080
Best ever in a state: #106 in Wisconsin, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #176 | 15 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Minnesota | #210 | 12 | 1 in 1,567 |
| Nebraska | #246 | 5 | 1 in 2,080 |
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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 Gerhard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 409 spots in 1885 (#848 → #439)
- Biggest drop: 549 spots in 1904 (#656 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1885 at #439 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1911–1918
- 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%)
- 18.9% of all boys named Gerhard (460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #439 (1885) | #764 |
| 1890s | 59 | #661 (1899) | #832 |
| 1900s | 61 | #656 (1903) | #937 |
| 1910s | 415 | #635 (1912) | #888 |
| 1920s | 460 | #923 (1929) | #1,033 |
| 1930s | 341 | #1,007 (1930) | #1,155 |
| 1940s | 206 | #1,090 (1940) | #1,717 |
| 1950s | 246 | #1,257 (1956) | #1,630 |
| 1960s | 287 | #1,236 (1964) | #1,494 |
| 1970s | 114 | #2,058 (1970) | #3,584 |
| 1980s | 59 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,238 |
| 1990s | 67 | #4,993 (1990) | #6,828 |
| 2000s | 29 | #6,094 (2006) | #9,825 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,816 (2016) | #10,985 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 15,086 of them was named Gerhard, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).