Boys' name · since 1914
Gearold
186 babies named Gearold in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,397 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 186
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gearold sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 186 recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gearold has been recorded 186 times among boys since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1966.
- #13,397 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 186 born since 1914
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gearold ranks #13,397 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 186 born since 1914, peaking in the 1940s.
- #13,397 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 186
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gearold's 186 recorded births place it above 70.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gearold's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gearold's full recorded timeline at 1944, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1952 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gearold popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1966
- Peak year (1952)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Gearold by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (58 births, 31% of the file).
1940s was Gearold's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Gearold births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s
1930s
43 births
- 1940s
1940s
58 births
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 58 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Gearold's decade-level peak was the 1940s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gearold: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1966 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gearold draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.