Girard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Girard

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,717 babies named Girard between 1900 and 2003, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Girard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Girard performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 307 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Girard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 212 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Girard in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Girard 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 1,717 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.