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Ger

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Short form of Gerard

Ger has been given to 473 babies in the U.S. since 1980. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Ger, 2006

1 in 565,000

Ger over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ger over time

In 2006, Ger went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19802006

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ger: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Gerard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ger means

Ger is a short form of Gerard.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ger is used in Dutch and Irish.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Ger is a short form of Gerard. Gerard has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gerard.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 385 boys were recorded with the name Ger between 1980 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1991; its best national rank was #2,197 in 1991.

In the United States, 88 girls were recorded with the name Ger between 1981 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1992; its best national rank was #6,780 in 1992.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ger?

Ger had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006
1 in 565,000
7 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only
1 in 294,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
391,745 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ger sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 391,745 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ger. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ger was born before 1991 — so the typical Ger is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
58.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
385
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 58.7% of all recorded uses (226).

Is Ger rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1991 (33)
Years since peak
34
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,197
1991

Where Ger is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ger was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 97,923 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 100,000).

12 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Wisconsin1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ger has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ger is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ger was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 485,236 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ger has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ger around the world

Where Ger ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Northern Ireland
    2007–2020
    #392
    in 2020
  • Ireland
    2021–2021
    #755
    in 2021

Popularity data from Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Central Statistics Office. NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.

Ger by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,197
1991
Peak year
1991
33 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
385
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,780
1992
Peak year
1992
13 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
1997
All-time count
88
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ger

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

GeryGeronTygerGerodGeradJagerGeralGeremySegerGeraltGeromeGerrardGershomGerberGerradGerronRutgerGerrenTigerGershonGermainGerikGervisEdger

Sibling names for Ger

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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