Gerard Boy
How popular is Gerard?
#1,708 boy name in 2025
95 baby boys were named Gerard in the US in 2025, making it the 1708th most popular boy name.
Gerard popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,708 for boys (▼ 178 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 95 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,086 in 2015, #1,451 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (1,617 boys) |
| Highest rank | #177 in 1954 |
| First recorded | 1886 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gerard counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gerard family of names ranked #1,434 for boys in 2025 (#1,348 the year before), with 101 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gerard | 95 | 94% |
| Gerrard | 6 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gerard is most popular
Babies named Gerard per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (62 boys)
Gerard by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #673 |
| 1890s | 61 | #556 |
| 1900s | 214 | #388 |
| 1910s | 2,676 | #248 |
| 1920s | 5,490 | #212 |
| 1930s | 5,303 | #214 |
| 1940s | 8,128 | #193 |
| 1950s | 14,216 | #177 |
| 1960s | 9,337 | #205 |
| 1970s | 4,013 | #346 |
| 1980s | 3,303 | #440 |
| 1990s | 2,383 | #526 |
| 2000s | 1,340 | #822 |
| 2010s | 1,634 | #1,012 |
| 2020s | 708 | #1,408 |
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Questions
- Is Gerard a boy or girl name?
- Gerard is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gerard were boys.
- How popular is the name Gerard?
- 95 baby boys were named Gerard in the US in 2025, making it the 1708th most popular boy name.
- When was Gerard most popular?
- Gerard peaked in 1956, when 1,617 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #177 in 1954.
- How many people are named Gerard?
- 58,932 babies have been named Gerard in the US since 1880. We estimate about 35,184 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Gerard most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gerard was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.