Masculine dossier · first seen 1882

Gerhard

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1917

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1882Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,431

Gerhard is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1917, when 62 boys were named Gerhard.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,431 Americans have been named Gerhard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1917

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