Gearl
The Story of Gearl
As a girl name
Gearl first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1931, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1932: 8 births, good for #3,274 nationwide. About 58% of every Gearl on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Gearl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1958, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 64 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Gearl first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1919, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1942: 15 births, good for #1,867 nationwide. About 31% of every Gearl on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Gearl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1965, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 236 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Gearl
Gearl is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 236 births in the dataset. Gearl's peak popularity came in 1942 when it ranked #1,867. Use the chart and map above to compare Gearl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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