Girls' name · since 1915
Getrude
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Getrude, peaking in 1915. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Getrude sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 1915.
Getrude has 27 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1926.
- #42,205 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Getrude ranks #42,205 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #42,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Getrude's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Getrude's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Getrude splits its recorded history at 1920: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1926 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Getrude popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1926
- Peak year (1915)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Getrude by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (15 births, 56% of the file).
1910s was Getrude's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Getrude births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
15 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 15 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Getrude's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1920s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Getrude: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
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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, 1915–1926 (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 Getrude 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.