How Many People Are Named Gertrude?
people named Gertrude are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,847 people in the US has this name
Based on 177,668 babies named Gertrude in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
6,315 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and thrud "strength". Saint Gertrude the Great was a 13th-century nun and mystic writer. It was probably introduced to England by settlers from the Low Countries in the 15th century. Shakespeare used the name in his play 'Hamlet' (1600) for the mother of the title character. A famous bearer was the American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Gertrude (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gertrude alive today is about 76 years old, and 90% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gertrude first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 6,315 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gertrude never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #22, in 1906, and it was in the top 100 for 51 years, 1880 to 1930. In 2025 it ranked #6,631.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,631 |
| Best rank | #22 (1906) |
| Years in the top 100 | 51 (1880 to 1930) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #35 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gertrude alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gertrude were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,595 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gertrude was given 1.9 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.8 times in Maine and 1.8 times in Rhode Island.
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