Gerturde — girls' name
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.
41% of everyone ever named Gerturde was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Gerturde in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gerturde
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Gerturde between 1911 and 1954, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerturde currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerturde performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gerturde shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gerturde 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 127 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.
Gerturde at a glance
Last recorded 1954Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gerturde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1911
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1954.
127 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 13 births in a single year.
Gerturde by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 52 births that decade — 41% of Gerturde's all-time total
Gerturde decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Gerturde's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.