How popular is the name Gerard?

Gerard ranks 428th among boys' names in US records, with 60,560 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,379.

Is Gerard a unisex name?

No. Gerard is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1956, when 1,645 children were given the name. It has been in use for 139 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girard. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#428 of boy names

Pronounced JH ER0 AA1 R D (ARPABET)

Gerard is a boys' name, and first appears in 1886. It has been given to 60,560 children — the 428th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1956, when 1,645 children were given it.

Girard is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1956Boys: 1,645Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Gerard and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Gerard?: Gerard ranks 428th among boys' names in US records, with 60,560 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,379.
Is Gerard a unisex name?: No. Gerard is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gerard most popular?: 1956, when 1,645 children were given the name. It has been in use for 139 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Gerard spelled?: Girard. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.