Gerrell — boys' name
446 babies named Gerrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Gerrell was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Gerrell in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gerrell
The Social Security Administration has registered 446 babies named Gerrell between 1939 and 2022, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerrell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gerrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gerrell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gerrell 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 446 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.
Gerrell at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gerrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1939
- Peak year (1989)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
446 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 18 births in a single year.
Gerrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 130 births that decade — 29% of Gerrell's all-time total
Gerrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Gerrell's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Gerrell by state
Where Gerrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 446 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1939–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.