Gertude — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gertude

The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Gertude between 1885 and 1938, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gertude currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gertude performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gertude shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gertude 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 278 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.