Gerrit — #8969 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerrit

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,861 babies named Gerrit between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerrit currently holds the #8969 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerrit performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 383 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gerrit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerrit in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerrit 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 2,861 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.