Gerritt — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gerritt

The Social Security Administration has registered 231 babies named Gerritt between 1916 and 2011, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gerritt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerritt performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gerritt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerritt 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 231 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.