Gerhard
Gerhard is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 448th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191762 births
- Best rank
- #448in 1885
- Since 1882
- 2,431people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,431 boys have been named Gerhard in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 62 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 62 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gerhard | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | |
| 1890s | 59 | |
| 1900s | 61 | |
| 1910s | 415 | |
| 1920s | 460 | |
| 1930s | 341 | |
| 1940s | 206 | |
| 1950s | 246 | |
| 1960s | 288 | |
| 1970s | 114 | |
| 1980s | 60 | |
| 1990s | 67 | |
| 2000s | 29 | |
| 2010s | 24 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Gerhard was the 801st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Gerhard
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sidneypeak 1918
- Louispeak 1921
- Hermanpeak 1921
- Burlpeak 1921
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Alfredpeak 1928
- Earlepeak 1918
- Cloydpeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.