Girls' name · since 1956
Gerie
22 babies named Gerie in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,695 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gerie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1956.
Gerie has 22 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1976.
- #44,695 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1956
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerie ranks #44,695 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1956, peaking in the 1960s.
- #44,695 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gerie's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gerie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gerie's SSA record in two at 1963 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1960 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gerie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1976
- Peak year (1960)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Gerie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).
1960s was Gerie's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Gerie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Gerie's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gerie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–1976 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gerie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.