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Gertie

Pronounced JH ER1 T IY0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1918
  • 143 years in use
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How popular is Gertie?

Gertie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 8,532 children — the 1,547th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 25 births across the past decade, against a peak of 220 in a single year. That peak was in 1918.

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Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
JH ER1 T IY0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

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

Names like Gertie

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

Sibling names for Gertie

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Gertie?
Gertie ranks 1,547th among girls' names in US records, with 8,532 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 25.
Is Gertie a unisex name?
No. Gertie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gertie most popular?
1918, when 220 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.