Gerrald

Boy · recorded 1926–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1926

04819261942195819731989

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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 26 recorded years as a table
Gerrald, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19265
19375
19385
19398
19406
19414
19425
19454
19464
19474
19497
19513
19524
19534
19542
19583
19593
19623
19675
19683
19693
19703
19743
19773
19883
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gerrald 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1926
166

Gerrald was last recorded in 1989. 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 1939, at 8 per million boys born.

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

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