Gerta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gerta

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Gerta between 1916 and 1940, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gerta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerta 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 17 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.