Gerhardt

Peak · boys
1916 · 45 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
858
since 1903

Gerhardt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gerhardt has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1900192019401960198020002020peak #952, 1916boys
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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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1999#9,9125
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1992#8,4355
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1984#6,3155
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1969#3,9356
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1965#3,9305
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1958#3,0338
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1956#3,5356
1955#2,7649
1954#3,1767
1953#3,1437
1952#3,0957
1951#2,8448
1950#3,6815
1949#3,0197
1948#2,44310
1947#2,8628
1946#2,40310
1945#3,3385
1944#3,1096
1943#1,98614
1942#2,5239
1941#2,08312
1940#2,4789
1939#2,28810
1938#2,08412
1937#2,33210
1936#1,87214
1935#2,24611
1934#1,65818
1933#1,64418
1932#1,92215
1931#1,84316
1930#1,53323
1929#1,48024
1928#1,70720
1927#1,51625
1926#1,46625
1925#1,33230
1924#1,24634
1923#1,42027
1922#1,33330
1921#1,10141
1920#1,54324
1919#1,20734
1918#1,28630
1917#1,00342
1916#95245
1915#1,12433
1914#1,12726
1913#1,07522
1912#1,41712
1911#1,2908
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five boys were named Gerhardt! It came in at #1,009, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1904–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Gerhardt is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Gerhardt in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gerhardt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
  • Biggest jump: 172 spots in 1916
  • Biggest drop: 51 spots in 1917
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1916 at #952 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1916
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,780
  • Highest: 1 in 19,780 boys born in 1916 were named Gerhardt (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,030 boys born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 32.6% of all boys named Gerhardt (280) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,009 (1903)#1,009
1910s252#952 (1916)#1,165
1920s280#1,101 (1921)#1,414
1930s147#1,533 (1930)#1,942
1940s90#1,986 (1943)#2,624
1950s57#2,764 (1955)#3,159
1960s11#3,930 (1965)#3,933
1970s0——
1980s5#6,315 (1984)#6,315
1990s10#8,435 (1992)#9,174

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.

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