Gerardo
Gerardo is ranked 593rd among boys in 2024 (482 births). Its best rank was 205th, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- #593down 4 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4820.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 20001,703 births
- Best rank
- #205in 1996
- Since 1906
- 54,612people given the name
The story in the numbers
54,612 boys have been named Gerardo in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 1,703 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 402 → 593).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 78 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gerardo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 111 | |
| 1920s | 217 | |
| 1930s | 197 | |
| 1940s | 344 | |
| 1950s | 1,284 | |
| 1960s | 2,923 | |
| 1970s | 5,657 | |
| 1980s | 7,241 | |
| 1990s | 13,495 | |
| 2000s | 13,584 | |
| 2010s | 7,082 | |
| 2020s | 2,467 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Gerardo was the 211th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Gerardo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jorgepeak 2006
- Marcopeak 2005
- Sergiopeak 1995
- Luispeak 2007
- Marcospeak 2001
- Miguelpeak 2007
- Gustavopeak 2000
- Eduardopeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.