Girls' name · since 1892
Girtrude
216 babies named Girtrude in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1892
- 1910s
- peak decade
Girtrude is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 216 have been recorded since 1892.
Girtrude has 216 recorded births among girls since 1892, 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 1892 to 1934.
- #19,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 216 born since 1892
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Girtrude ranks #19,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 216 born since 1892, peaking in the 1910s.
- #19,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1892
- 1910s
- peak decade
Girtrude's 216 recorded births place it above 73.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
Girtrude's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Girtrude's SSA record in two at 1918 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1892, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Girtrude popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–1934
- Peak year (1919)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Girtrude by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (86 births, 40% of the file).
1910s was Girtrude's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Girtrude births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 22
1900s
22 births
- 1910s
1910s
86 births
- 1920s
1920s
80 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 86 births (40% of all-time use).
Girtrude by state
Where Girtrude concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 12 | 5.6% |
12 of 216 births nationwide.
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What to do with Girtrude's data
- Girtrude's decade-level peak was the 1910s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Girtrudes (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Girtrude: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
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, 1892–1934 (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 Girtrude 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.