How Many People Are Named Gerrit?
people named Gerrit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 187,382 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,877 babies named Gerrit in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
49 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Dutch and Frisian form of GERARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gerrit in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gerrit alive today is about 37 years old, and 43% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gerrit first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1916, to 49 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gerrit has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #814, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #5,687.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,687 |
| Best rank | #814 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,160 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gerrit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gerrit were born in California than in any other state: about 183 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gerrit was given 17 times as often in Iowa, 10.7 times in Michigan and 3.1 times in California.
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