Girls' name · since 1921
Gerre
80 babies named Gerre in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1921
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gerre sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1921.
Social Security Administration records show Gerre recorded 80 times among girls since 1921, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1962.
- #29,603 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1921
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerre ranks #29,603 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1921, peaking in the 1940s.
- #29,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1921
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gerre's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gerre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gerre splits its recorded history at 1947: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gerre popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1962
- Peak year (1948)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Gerre by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (35 births, 44% of the file).
1940s was Gerre's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Gerre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 35 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Gerre's decade-level peak was the 1940s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gerre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1921–1962 (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 Gerre 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.