Getrude — girls' name
27 babies named Getrude in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Getrude was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Getrude in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Getrude
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Getrude between 1915 and 1926, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Getrude currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Getrude performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Getrude shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Getrude 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 27 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.
Getrude at a glance
Last recorded 1926Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Getrude popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1915
- Peak year (1915)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1926.
27 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 9 births in a single year.
Getrude by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 15 births that decade — 56% of Getrude's all-time total
Getrude decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Getrude's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1915–1926 (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.