Girard
Girard was last recorded in 2003, when 6 babies were given it; 1,717 Americans have been recorded with it between 1900 and 2003 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Girard by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Girard?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,001, in 2003; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
37 babies in 1926, the peak
Girard peaked in 1926, when 37 boys were given it, #1,179 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | #10,001 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 5 | #11,283 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,499 | 3.1 |
| 1999 | 6 | #9,088 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,864 | 3.7 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,263 | 4.8 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,506 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,592 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,600 | 5.2 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,982 | 3.1 |
Every recorded year (94)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7 | #6,928 | 3.5 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,312 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,496 | 5.8 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,832 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,255 | 8.4 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,693 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,182 | 8.1 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,354 | 3.8 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,786 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,265 | 5.0 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,047 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,949 | 8.4 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,486 | 6.7 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,412 | 11.6 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,973 | 8.5 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,774 | 4.3 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,149 | 5.1 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,754 | 5.8 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,014 | 7.6 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,539 | 5.8 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,034 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,228 | 5.7 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,155 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,599 | 6.7 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,810 | 5.8 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,933 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,734 | 11.2 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,023 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,674 | 11.5 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,637 | 11.8 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,490 | 13.5 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,393 | 15.5 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,303 | 17.4 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,390 | 15.0 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,352 | 15.5 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,324 | 16.2 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,492 | 13.2 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,257 | 17.5 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,608 | 11.3 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,233 | 18.8 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,823 | 9.3 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,226 | 19.1 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,349 | 16.2 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,518 | 13.5 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,729 | 10.8 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,498 | 13.7 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,310 | 17.9 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,723 | 11.9 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,377 | 17.6 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,323 | 19.6 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,125 | 26.8 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,282 | 22.0 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,757 | 13.8 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,595 | 16.3 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,771 | 14.4 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,215 | 28.1 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,674 | 16.4 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,729 | 16.3 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,527 | 20.3 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,671 | 18.2 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,743 | 17.2 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,245 | 29.8 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,475 | 22.8 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,247 | 29.8 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,465 | 23.5 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,386 | 25.7 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,179 | 33.3 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,897 | 16.1 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,648 | 20.3 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,395 | 25.5 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,378 | 26.7 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,608 | 20.9 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,843 | 17.9 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,655 | 21.4 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,219 | 32.6 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,772 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,193 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,733 | 20.0 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,165 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,353 | 13.7 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,682 | 11.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,843 | 22.1 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,151 | 45.3 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,393 | 33.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Girard a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Girard has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 94 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Girard: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Girard, and how old are they?
An estimated 816 Americans named Girard and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 47 and 72. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 962 people named Girard (4 women and girls, 958 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 944 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Girard born?
The states with the most babies named Girard are Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts, with 89% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 212 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| New York | 61 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 39 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| District of Columbia | 5 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Maine | 5 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Rhode Island | 5 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Girard is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Girard is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Girard with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Girard
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Girard and names like it
- Compare Girard and CleophusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sGirard peaked in 1926.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Girard since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Girard.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Girard alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.