Gehrig
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAIR-ig
- Origin
- Germanic
Gehrig is a boys' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gehrig mean?
Germanic: German surname Gehrig
From the German surname Gehrig, made famous by the New York Yankees baseball star Lou Gehrig.
Is Gehrig a girl's or a boy's name?
Gehrig is a boys' name.
How popular is Gehrig in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the boys named Gehrig in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gehrig in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
Names like Gehrig
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gehrig: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gehrig, updated 20 October 2026.