How Many People Are Named Gerhard?
people named Gerhard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 418,341 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,429 babies named Gerhard in Social Security records from 1882 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of GERARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gerhard in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gerhard alive today is about 58 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gerhard first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1917, to 62 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Gerhard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #448, in 1885.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #448 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,034 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gerhard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gerhard were born in New York than in any other state: about 57 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gerhard was given 12.1 times as often in Wisconsin, 11.5 times in Minnesota and 2.9 times in New York.
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