Girls' name · since 1911
Gerturde
127 babies named Gerturde in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gerturde sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 127 recorded since 1911.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerturde has been recorded 127 times among girls since 1911, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1954.
- #24,480 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerturde ranks #24,480 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #24,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gerturde's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gerturde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gerturde splits its recorded history at 1922: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gerturde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1954
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Gerturde by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (52 births, 41% of the file).
1920s was Gerturde's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Gerturde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
48 births
- 1920s
1920s
52 births
- 1930s 20
1930s
20 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 52 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gerturde's data
- Gerturde's decade-level peak was the 1920s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gerturde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1911–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gerturde draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.