Gertie
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #10,383
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 87 births
- Debut · girls
- 34 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,532since 1880
Gertie over time
Rank among girls' names. Gertie has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,505 | 41 |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 |
| 1946 | #1,058 | 64 |
| 1945 | #873 | 74 |
| 1944 | #1,029 | 58 |
| 1943 | #907 | 73 |
| 1942 | #864 | 79 |
| 1941 | #838 | 75 |
| 1940 | #686 | 102 |
| 1939 | #740 | 85 |
| 1938 | #705 | 95 |
| 1937 | #768 | 79 |
| 1936 | #679 | 96 |
| 1935 | #607 | 115 |
| 1934 | #644 | 108 |
| 1933 | #637 | 106 |
| 1932 | #606 | 117 |
| 1931 | #570 | 134 |
| 1930 | #560 | 147 |
| 1929 | #621 | 122 |
| 1928 | #608 | 134 |
| 1927 | #632 | 127 |
| 1926 | #582 | 148 |
| 1925 | #536 | 177 |
| 1924 | #622 | 146 |
| 1923 | #595 | 148 |
| 1922 | #527 | 178 |
| 1921 | #512 | 190 |
| 1920 | #523 | 181 |
| 1919 | #447 | 217 |
| 1918 | #448 | 220 |
| 1917 | #456 | 202 |
| 1916 | #461 | 192 |
| 1915 | #422 | 206 |
| 1914 | #398 | 175 |
| 1913 | #403 | 148 |
| 1912 | #397 | 134 |
| 1911 | #367 | 120 |
| 1910 | #345 | 131 |
| 1909 | #361 | 101 |
| 1908 | #340 | 108 |
| 1907 | #312 | 124 |
| 1906 | #317 | 110 |
| 1905 | #314 | 115 |
| 1904 | #315 | 106 |
| 1903 | #341 | 85 |
| 1902 | #262 | 140 |
| 1901 | #285 | 109 |
| 1900 | #303 | 117 |
| 1899 | #292 | 102 |
| 1898 | #284 | 115 |
| 1897 | #286 | 98 |
| 1896 | #263 | 119 |
| 1895 | #236 | 136 |
| 1894 | #234 | 128 |
| 1893 | #266 | 102 |
| 1892 | #228 | 128 |
| 1891 | #251 | 94 |
| 1890 | #220 | 121 |
| 1889 | #225 | 106 |
| 1888 | #244 | 91 |
| 1887 | #211 | 95 |
| 1886 | #224 | 81 |
| 1885 | #204 | 87 |
| 1884 | #237 | 65 |
| 1883 | #252 | 51 |
| 1882 | #205 | 65 |
| 1881 | #273 | 35 |
| 1880 | #265 | 34 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gertie was already there! It came in at #265, and was given to 34 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Gertie is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#234 · 1 in 1,190
- Alabama#299 · 1 in 2,310
- Arkansas#310 · 1 in 2,028
- Tennessee#370 · 1 in 3,675
- Texas#410 · 1 in 2,742
Best ever in a state: #151 in Louisiana, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #234 | 18 | 1 in 1,190 |
| Alabama | #299 | 13 | 1 in 2,310 |
| Arkansas | #310 | 9 | 1 in 2,028 |
| Tennessee | #370 | 7 | 1 in 3,675 |
| Texas | #410 | 22 | 1 in 2,742 |
| North Carolina | #429 | 7 | 1 in 5,125 |
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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 Gertie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1945 (#1,029 → #873)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1946 (#873 → #1,058)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #204 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 64 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1943
- Highest: 1 in 1,529 girls born in 1885 were named Gertie (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 182,237 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 20.5% of all girls named Gertie (1,745) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 710 | #204 (1885) | #234 |
| 1890s | 1,143 | #220 (1890) | #256 |
| 1900s | 1,115 | #262 (1902) | #315 |
| 1910s | 1,745 | #345 (1910) | #414 |
| 1920s | 1,551 | #512 (1921) | #576 |
| 1930s | 1,082 | #560 (1930) | #652 |
| 1940s | 672 | #686 (1940) | #1,027 |
| 1950s | 321 | #1,415 (1951) | #1,948 |
| 1960s | 110 | #2,196 (1960) | #4,256 |
| 1970s | 29 | #6,619 (1971) | #7,997 |
| 1980s | 10 | #10,422 (1984) | #10,470 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,168 (2006) | #17,168 |
| 2010s | 25 | #11,246 (2010) | #14,445 |
| 2020s | 14 | #10,383 (2022) | #12,817 |
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.
Gertie in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 9,152 of them was named Gertie, which outranked 88.2% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).