Gearld · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gearld.

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 74 recorded years as a table

Gearld, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1914	17
1915	14
1916	12
1917	19
1918	26
1919	19
1920	23
1921	25
1922	39
1923	21
1924	35
1925	35
1926	47
1927	48
1928	49
1929	55
1930	54
1931	68
1932	78
1933	83
1934	94
1935	80
1936	102
1937	104
1938	111
1939	108
1940	113
1941	119
1942	92
1943	78
1944	67
1945	60
1946	63
1947	57
1948	53
1949	67
1950	66
1951	63
1952	56
1953	49
1954	37
1955	49
1956	46
1957	40
1958	36
1959	37
1960	41
1961	28
1962	28
1963	32
1964	28
1965	20
1966	27
1967	21
1968	19
1969	21
1970	15
1971	18
1972	18
1973	10
1974	11
1975	10
1976	8
1977	6
1978	7
1979	6
1980	6
1981	7
1982	3
1983	5
1984	4
1986	3
1987	5
1988	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gearld isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1988: 11
Rank in 1988: #4,162
How rare: 1 in 174,025 boys
Since 1914: 4,281

Gearld was last recorded in 1988. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1941, at 119 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gearld doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.