How rare is the name Gerardo?

85,111 people in the United States have the first name Gerardo, about 1 in 3,549. It ranks #619 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GERARDO

#619

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
85,111
About
1 in 3,549
This common or more
62.3%
Who bears it

Of the 85,111 people named Gerardo, 95.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% as White and 1.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gerardo peaked in 2000, when 1,713 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
1,713
In 2025*
401 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 55,254 babies have been given the name since 1906. 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.

Gerardo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #445. The largest share of babies named Gerardo, 37.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,32210
1910s#3,874111
1920s#3,306217
1930s#3,125197
1940s#2,512344
1950s#1,4731,284
1960s#1,0062,928
1970s#7075,725
1980s#6307,310
1990s#44513,578
2000s#49113,599
2010s#8737,082
2020s#1,2182,869
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–645%
Generation X 1965–8014.5%
Millennials 1981–9628.5%
Generation Z 1997–1237.3%
2013 and later13.5%

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 Gerardo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gerardo has been most common in Texas (4.1×), California (3.8×), and Arizona (3.4×), and least common in Missouri (0.03×).

52,252 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 Gerardo

#617 Brendan · 85,406#618 Arlene · 85,381#620 Layla · 84,915#621 Brady · 84,835

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gerardo, most common first.

#1,019 Gerard · 41,777#5,998 Gerhard · 2,741#16,177 Gerarda · 702#18,210 Gerrard · 594#23,767 Gerhardt · 410#38,294 Gerrardo · 201#45,015 Gerardus · 152

Also a last name

As a last name, Gerardo ranks #10,984 of 156,621, with 2,766 people. See Gerardo as a last name

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