Gertrudis

Girls' name

English equivalent of Gertrude

Gertrudis has been given to 28 babies in the U.S. since 1928. 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 1931, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Gertrudis, 1972

1 in 524,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gertrudis: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Gertrude

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gertrudis means

Gertrudis is a English equivalent of Gertrude.

Origin, language, and formation

Gertrudis is used in Basque and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gertrude.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Gertrudis is pronounced /xeɾˈtɾudis/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 28 girls were recorded with the name Gertrudis between 1928 and 1972. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1931; its best national rank was #4,057 in 1931.

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.

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How common is Gertrudis?

Gertrudis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1972, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1972: 1 in 524,000; 6 of 3,142,796 births
Among girls only: 1 in 254,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1972: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 363,071 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gertrudis 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 1972 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 363,071 children born in 1972 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gertrudis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gertrudiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gertrudis was born before 1958 — so the typical Gertrudis is around 67 today.

Median birth year: 1958; About 67 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 21.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 60.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 21.4% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Gertrudis 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 1931 (6)
Years since peak: 94; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,057; 1931

Spellings of Gertrudis

Gertrudis is not the most common spelling — Gertrude is, with 100.0% against Gertrudis's 0.02%.

Gertrude100.0%177,100
Gertrudis0.02%28

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.

Gertrudis 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: #4,057; 1931
Peak year: 1931; 6 that year
First recorded: 1928
Last recorded: 1972
All-time count: 28
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gertrudis

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

Sibling names for Gertrudis

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

Billy Donald Ardith Roma Marvel Bobby Socorro Josefina

For a brother

Carrol Dudley Delmar Delano Talmadge Normand Bobbie Franklyn

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