Gerard
Boy nameGerard has been given to 58,932 babies in the U.S. since 1886. It peaked in 1956.
Meaning & origin /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɑːd/
From Middle English Gerard, from Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gaiʀahard, from *gaiʀ (“spear”) +‎ *hard(ī) (“hard, brave”).
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
58,932
Peak year
1956 (1,617 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1886
10-year trend
▼ -47%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Gerard
Gerard Piqué
Spanish association football player
Gerardus Mercator
Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
Gerard Butler
Scottish actor and film producer
Gerard Kuiper
Netherlands-born American astronomer (1905–1973)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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