Masculine dossier · first seen 1886

Gerard

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gerard
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.9% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

1,617

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1886Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

92.9%

2024

115

All-time

58,721

Gerard once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 1,617 boys were named Gerard.

In 2024, only 115 boys were given the name.

Down 92.9% from its peak.

All told, about 58,721 Americans have been named Gerard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.9% from peak

19561,617 boys named Gerard

2024115 boys named Gerard

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