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Gerrard

#11,123 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Gerard

Gerrard has been given to 634 babies in the U.S. since 1940. In 2025 it ranked #11,123 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Gerrard, 2025

1 in 553,000

Gerrard over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gerrard: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Gerard

Germanic languages

What Gerrard means

Gerrard is a variant of Gerard.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gerrard is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

Gerrard is a variant of Gerard. Gerard has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Gerrard is used in English and Manx. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gerard.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 634 boys were recorded with the name Gerrard between 1940 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1990; its best national rank was #2,166 in 1966.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,261 in 2015 to #11,123 in 2025.

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 Gerrard?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,123
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gerrard 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 2025 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gerrard. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gerrards were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gerrard was born before 1987 — so the typical Gerrard is around 38 today.

Median birth year
1987
About 38 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
20.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
30.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
621
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Choose a decade

1980s — 20.3% of all recorded uses (129).

Is Gerrard 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
−2,862
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.3%
Peak was 1990 (22)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,166
1966

Spellings of Gerrard

Gerrard is not the most common spelling — Gerald is, with 57.9% against Gerrard's 0.08%.

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.

Where Gerrard is used

Across 1910–2025, Gerrard was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,020,035 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

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. Gerrard has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gerrard around the world

Where Gerrard 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1975–1990
    #351
    in 1990
  • Ireland
    1964–1989
    #307
    in 1989
  • Canada
    2010–2010
    #2,676
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1954–1991
    #481
    in 1991

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Gerrard by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,123
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,166
1966
Peak year
1990
22 that year
First recorded
1940
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
634
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Gerrard

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

GerhardGershonGermainGeremiahGershomGernardHarvardGeraldoGerrickGeremyGeromeGerardGerrellGergoryReshardBallardDeckardAlucardGermaineGertrudeSheppardGerrenGerrodGerritt

Sibling names for Gerrard

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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