Gerard — #1527 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerard

The Social Security Administration has registered 58,721 babies named Gerard between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerard currently holds the #1527 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 1,617 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerard performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 14,216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gerard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16,991 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerard in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerard 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 58,721 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.