How Many People Are Named Gerard?
people named Gerard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,917 people in the US has this name
Based on 58,932 babies named Gerard in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,617 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of GERARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gerard in English. Counting Gerard and these spellings together, about 34,702 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Gerard (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gerard alive today is about 56 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gerard first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1956, to 1,617 babies. In 2025, 95 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gerard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #177, in 1954. In 2025 it ranked #1,713.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,713 |
| Best rank | #177 (1954) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #193 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gerard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gerard were born in New York than in any other state: about 9,216 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gerard was given 6.4 times as often in New Hampshire, 5.4 times in Maine and 4.9 times in Rhode Island.
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