Gerhardt — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerhardt

The Social Security Administration has registered 858 babies named Gerhardt between 1903 and 1999, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerhardt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerhardt performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gerhardt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 138 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerhardt in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerhardt 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 858 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.