Gera

Girls' name

Possibly a grain

Gera has been given to 136 babies in the U.S. since 1954. 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 1986, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Gera, 1995

1 in 732,000

Gera over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gera: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly a grain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gera means

Gera may mean “a grain”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gera is used in Biblical and Biblical Hebrew.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 136 girls were recorded with the name Gera between 1954 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1986; its best national rank was #5,008 in 1962.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Gera?

Gera had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1995, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1995: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,660,254 births
Among girls only: 1 in 352,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1995: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,420 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gera sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1995 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 507,420 children born in 1995 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gera. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Geras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gera was born before 1976 — so the typical Gera is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 27.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 63.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 136; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 27.2% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Gera 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1986 (10)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,008; 1962

Spellings of Gera

Gera is not the most common spelling — Debra is, with 13.6% against Gera's <0.01%.

Debra13.6%550,695
Sara10.8%436,193
Eva7.0%284,761
Nora4.8%193,138
Tara4.3%175,812
Cora3.8%156,028
Gina3.8%153,057
Vera3.7%149,456

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gera by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,008; 1962
Peak year: 1986; 10 that year
First recorded: 1954
Last recorded: 1995
All-time count: 136
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gera

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

Aera Pera Eera Geral Emera Neera Geryl Ger Heera Gerre Viera Nera Mera Savera Gerica Alera Avera Bera Zera Gerene Estera Gerard Abeera Aleera

Sibling names for Gera

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

For a sister

Domonique Keshia Shantell Linsey Candis Corey Kristan Sade

For a brother

Whitney Shea Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Kelsey

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