Gertie
Gertie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 205th, in 1882, 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1918220 births
- Best rank
- #205first in 1882
- Since 1880
- 8,532people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,532 girls have been named Gertie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 220 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 220 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1917, and the 1910s alone account for 20%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gertie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 710 | |
| 1890s | 1,143 | |
| 1900s | 1,115 | |
| 1910s | 1,745 | |
| 1920s | 1,551 | |
| 1930s | 1,082 | |
| 1940s | 672 | |
| 1950s | 321 | |
| 1960s | 110 | |
| 1970s | 29 | |
| 1980s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 25 | |
| 2020s | 14 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Gertie was the 448th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Gertie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bessiepeak 1916
- Mamiepeak 1919
- Hilmapeak 1915
- Bertiepeak 1928
- Oniepeak 1918
- Olliepeak 1919
- Lolliepeak 1921
- Zulapeak 1922
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.