Girtrude — girls' name

What the Data Says About Girtrude

The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Girtrude between 1892 and 1934, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Girtrude currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Girtrude performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Girtrude shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Girtrude in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Girtrude 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 216 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.