Gerhardt
Gerhardt is a masculine name of German origin. It can refer to the following:
- German
Meaning & Origin of Gerhardt
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gerhardt is a masculine name of German origin. It can refer to the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Gerhardt
The earliest SSA record of Gerhardt as a baby boy name dates back to 1903, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 45 newborns named Gerhardt — #952 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Gerhardt on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Gerhardt last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 858 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Gerhardt
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gerhardt. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Gerhardt
Gerhardt is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1903 and has accumulated 858 births in the dataset. Gerhardt's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #952. Use the chart and map above to compare Gerhardt'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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