Gerda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gerda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,099 babies named Gerda between 1887 and 1972, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerda performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Gerda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerda in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerda 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 1,099 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.