Gerhart — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerhart

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Gerhart between 1912 and 1963, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerhart currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerhart performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gerhart shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gerhart in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerhart 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 201 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.