Gearld — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gearld

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,281 babies named Gearld between 1914 and 1988, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gearld currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 146 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gearld performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gearld shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 225 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Gearld in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gearld in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,281 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.