Gerardo
Gerardo is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the male given name Gerard. It may refer to:Gerardo Amarilla, Uruguayan politician Gerardo Bonilla, Puerto Rican-born professional race car driver Gerardo Carrera Piñera, Spanish professional footballer, usually simply Gerardo Gerardo Chávez (1937–2025), Peruvian painter, sculptor and visual artist Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), Spanish…
- Italian
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Gerardo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gerardo is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the male given name Gerard. It may refer to:Gerardo Amarilla, Uruguayan politician Gerardo Bonilla, Puerto Rican-born professional race car driver Gerardo Carrera Piñera, Spanish professional footballer, usually simply Gerardo Gerardo Chávez (1937–2025), Peruvian painter, sculptor and visual artist Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), Spanish…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
The Story of Gerardo
Gerardo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1906, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 1,703 Gerardos were born — ranking #211 that year. As of 2026, Gerardo ranks #607 for baby boys with 476 births, gradually falling (-8%). In total, more than 56K Gerardos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Gerardo
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- Gherardo
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About the name Gerardo
Gerardo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 56K births in the dataset. Gerardo's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #205. Use the chart and map above to compare Gerardo'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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