Gerald Name Popularity

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How popular is Gerald?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Gerald, ranked the 894th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Gerald has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #19 for the first time in 1936 and as recently as 1939.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1942 with 11,476 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Gerald was 11 in 1880.

Gerald, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1880-1896, 1897-1900, 1901-1904, 1905-1936, and 1938-1942, whereas 1970-1978, 1980-1984, and 1989-1994 were years of successive downward movement.

Gerald's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Gerald lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gerald?

Gerald's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Gerald is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gerald is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Gerald (Girl)		Gerald (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	241	894
2017		< 5	--	269	825
2016		< 5	--	284	810
2015		< 5	--	312	764
2014		< 5	--	278	816
2013		< 5	--	328	714
2012		< 5	--	346	683
2011		< 5	--	372	628
2010		< 5	--	348	679
2009		< 5	--	396	630
2008		< 5	--	415	604
2007		< 5	--	471	546
2006		< 5	--	465	544
2005		< 5	--	472	520
2004		< 5	--	552	463
2003		< 5	--	529	474
2002		< 5	--	556	444
2001		< 5	--	609	411
2000		< 5	--	680	382
1999		< 5	--	686	379
1998		< 5	--	671	376
1997		< 5	--	773	336
1996		< 5	--	822	322
1995		< 5	--	890	299
1994		< 5	--	954	284
1993		10	8,265	1,116	256
1992		8	9,787	1,175	244
1991		5	13,898	1,259	235
1990		< 5	--	1,450	212
1989		9	8,264	1,470	199
1988		9	7,917	1,403	194
1987		10	6,965	1,441	190
1986		10	6,767	1,455	183
1985		14	5,152	1,448	181
1984		13	5,308	1,442	176
1983		17	4,335	1,550	168
1982		22	3,684	1,719	158
1981		16	4,596	1,764	154
1980		17	4,390	1,818	148
1979		22	3,575	1,864	144
1978		19	3,821	1,890	137
1977		15	4,488	2,048	131
1976		19	3,572	2,144	120
1975		16	4,003	2,401	108
1974		20	3,349	2,418	108
1973		29	2,527	2,591	102
1972		15	3,954	2,817	102
1971		33	2,348	3,591	83
1970		43	1,962	4,401	66
1969		41	1,963	4,383	65
1968		29	2,263	4,475	62
1967		40	1,860	4,872	59
1966		30	2,157	4,865	60
1965		38	1,870	5,256	64
1964		32	2,120	5,869	60
1963		33	2,073	6,160	60
1962		32	2,090	6,234	64
1961		44	1,729	6,625	62
1960		36	1,900	6,561	62
1959		41	1,727	6,635	61
1958		32	1,951	6,859	58
1957		34	1,881	7,591	51
1956		33	1,882	7,984	49
1955		32	1,890	8,068	48
1954		38	1,655	8,543	44
1953		35	1,687	8,622	42
1952		32	1,756	9,029	39
1951		31	1,751	9,541	36
1950		40	1,461	9,722	34
1949		28	1,822	9,807	33
1948		37	1,526	9,844	30
1947		46	1,366	10,750	28
1946		33	1,541	10,027	27
1945		36	1,340	8,858	25
1944		38	1,299	10,024	24
1943		55	1,081	11,360	23
1942		37	1,329	11,476	22
1941		43	1,139	10,942	20
1940		44	1,090	10,239	21
1939		47	1,040	10,053	19
1938		37	1,209	9,971	19
1937		51	983	9,423	20
1936		39	1,138	9,018	19
1935		48	999	8,456	21
1934		49	988	7,818	22
1933		43	1,065	7,422	22
1932		44	1,072	7,345	24
1931		55	937	6,823	26
1930		40	1,184	6,483	30
1929		49	1,048	5,965	33
1928		40	1,216	5,489	41
1927		56	1,025	5,511	38
1926		48	1,086	5,122	41
1925		39	1,259	4,506	45
1924		21	1,946	4,153	49
1923		25	1,694	3,695	54
1922		23	1,809	3,542	58
1921		24	1,791	3,383	60
1920		21	1,912	3,157	64
1919		17	2,109	2,689	70
1918		24	1,659	2,712	72
1917		11	2,766	2,486	69
1916		12	2,553	2,260	76
1915		8	3,244	2,085	78
1914		7	3,003	1,468	81
1913		6	2,980	1,142	84
1912		5	3,160	929	87
1911		< 5	--	462	88
1910		5	2,559	289	105
1909		< 5	--	301	95
1908		< 5	--	270	97
1907		< 5	--	239	102
1906		< 5	--	191	112
1905		< 5	--	189	113
1904		< 5	--	201	106
1903		< 5	--	182	107
1902		< 5	--	151	127
1901		< 5	--	133	124
1900		< 5	--	157	140
1899		< 5	--	108	144
1898		< 5	--	100	165
1897		< 5	--	93	166
1896		< 5	--	95	169
1895		< 5	--	76	193
1894		< 5	--	75	197
1893		< 5	--	55	230
1892		< 5	--	62	221
1891		< 5	--	45	239
1890		< 5	--	44	258
1889		< 5	--	48	234
1888		< 5	--	30	337
1887		< 5	--	22	352
1886		< 5	--	28	322
1885		< 5	--	23	368
1884		< 5	--	19	419
1883		< 5	--	13	503
1882		< 5	--	15	478
1881		< 5	--	14	470
1880		< 5	--	11	586

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.