Gerber — #10242 US boys' name
88 babies named Gerber in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Gerber was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Gerber in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gerber
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Gerber between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerber currently holds the #10242 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerber performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gerber shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gerber in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gerber 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 88 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.
Gerber at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Gerber popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #10242 among boys.
88 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 12 births in a single year.
Gerber by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 39 births that decade — 44% of Gerber's all-time total
Gerber decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gerber's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Gerber by state
Where Gerber concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 5.7% |
5 of 88 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.