Gerta
Gerta is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Gerta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gerta is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Gerta
American parents first put Gerta on the record books as a baby girl name in 1916, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 6 Gertas were born — ranking #3,919 that year. About 35% of every Gerta on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Gerta last appeared in the published SSA data in 1940, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Gerta
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About the name Gerta
Gerta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Gerta's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #3,919. Use the chart and map above to compare Gerta'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.