Gerrard
Gerrard is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Gerrard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gerrard is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Gerrard
The earliest SSA record of Gerrard as a baby boy name dates back to 1940, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 22 newborns named Gerrard — #2,865 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Gerrard on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Gerrard last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 628 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Gerrard
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About the name Gerrard
Gerrard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1940 and has accumulated 628 births in the dataset. Gerrard's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,865. Use the chart and map above to compare Gerrard'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.