How Many People Are Named Gerda?
people named Gerda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,627,546 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,099 babies named Gerda in Social Security records from 1887 to 1972, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
49 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gerda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gerda alive today is about 75 years old, and 90% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gerda first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 1915, to 49 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1972.
Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 1972
🏆 Rank History
Gerda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #891, in 1899.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #891 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,256 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gerda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gerda were born in New York than in any other state: about 13 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gerda was given about 5.9 times as often in New York.
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