first name
GERARD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 41,777 people named Gerard, 75.3% reported their origin as White, 12.2% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gerard peaked in 1956, when 1,617 babies got the name.
At least 58,932 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gerard by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #412. The largest share of babies named Gerard, 40.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gerard is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gerard has been most common in New Hampshire (6.4×), Maine (6.4×), and Rhode Island (5.7×), and least common in Kentucky (0.06×).
53,789 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Gerard
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gerard, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gerard ranks #3,911 of 156,621, with 8,806 people. See Gerard as a last name
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