Gerd

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly garden, yard, through Gerðr

Gerd has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1924. 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 1929, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% girls, 48% boys all-time.

Babies named Gerd, 1931

1 in 421,000

Gerd over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 1966, Gerd went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19241966

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.

Gerd: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly garden, yard, through Gerðr

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gerd means

Gerd belongs to the name family reached through Gerd → Gerðr. Its meaning is “garden, yard”.

Origin, language, and formation

Gerd is used in Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish.

Gerd comes through Old Norse Gerðr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gerhard, Gertrud and Gerðr.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Gerd is pronounced /ɡɛʁt/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Gerd between 1924 and 1931. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1929; its best national rank was #3,822 in 1929.

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Gerd between 1957 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1957; its best national rank was #3,714 in 1957.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gerd?

Gerd had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1931, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1931: 1 in 421,000; 5 of 2,104,333 births
Among girls only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1931: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 291,724 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gerd 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 1931 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 291,724 children born in 1931 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gerd. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gerds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gerd was born before 1929 — so the typical Gerd is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 70.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 70.6% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Gerd 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 1929 (7)
Years since peak: 96; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,822; 1929

Spellings of Gerd

Gerd is not the most common spelling — Vera is, with 39.0% against Gerd's <0.01%.

Vera39.0%149,456
Teri11.5%43,957
Fern9.8%37,666
Keri8.4%32,061
Jeri5.9%22,637
Gena3.3%12,824
Tera2.6%9,918
Verda2.1%8,062

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.

Gerd around the world

Where Gerd 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.

Norway
1880–2003
#522
in 2003

Popularity data from Statistics Norway. SSB data under CC BY 4.0.

Gerd 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: #3,822; 1929
Peak year: 1929; 7 that year
First recorded: 1924
Last recorded: 1931
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,714; 1957
Peak year: 1957; 6 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 1966
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gerd

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

Gere Gerta Gerie Gerise Gerdie Geriah Gertis Gerane Gerlyn Gerika Gera Germanii Gerre Gerren Ger Geryl Gerrye Geriyah Gerthie Gerita German Germya Gerryn Gerette

Sibling names for Gerd

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

Marvel Socorro Ofelia Edward Billy Donald Ardith Bennie

For a brother

Normand Frances Carrol Sanford Jules Bud Rolland Laverne

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