How Many People Are Named Gertha?
people named Gertha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 885,452 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,792 babies named Gertha in Social Security records from 1883 to 1971, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
58 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gertha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gertha alive today is about 77 years old, and 97% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gertha first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1921, to 58 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1971.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 1971
🏆 Rank History
Gertha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #779, in 1883.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #779 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,179 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gertha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gertha were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 59 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gertha was given 18.3 times as often in Alabama, 8.1 times in Arkansas and 4.1 times in North Carolina.
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