Gerard
Boy · JERR-ard · Germanic
Big in Northern Ireland
Gerard is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave spear”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Gerard mean?
Germanic: Germanic, via Norman French
“brave spear”
Germanic name brought to England by the Normans; borne by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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- JERR-ard
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Is Gerard a girl's or a boy's name?
Gerard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gerard in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Gerard, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 104 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gerard in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Gerard or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #1,162 for this spelling alone.
- Gerard 27
- Gerrard 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales, 647th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#78) and 1964 (#90).
Gerard in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 41 | #850 |
| 2017 | 38 | #901 |
| 2016 | 55 | #703 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 45 | #773 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 53 | #701 |
| 2011 | 55 | #674 |
| 2010 | 37 | #867 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 54 | #644 |
| 2007 | 43 | #731 |
| 2006 | 51 | #625 |
| 2005 | 45 | #648 |
| 2004 | 47 | #599 |
| 2003 | 55 | #489 |
| 2002 | 59 | #430 |
| 2001 | 55 | #444 |
| 2000 | 51 | #466 |
| 1999 | 56 | #441 |
| 1998 | 78 | #348 |
| 1997 | 104 | #294 |
| 1996 | 55 | #413 |
How popular is Gerard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,708among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Gerard, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,451st. Its busiest year was 1956, with 1,617 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had fewer boys named Gerard than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Gerard in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 boys in the US were given Gerard or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,477, up from #1,708 for this spelling alone.
- Gerard 95
- Gerrard 6
Gerard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,408 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,425 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,451 |
| 2019 | 116 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,238 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,164 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | 180 | #1,086 |
| 2014 | 202 | #1,012 |
| 2013 | 183 | #1,047 |
| 2012 | 171 | #1,090 |
| 2011 | 172 | #1,082 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,250 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,331 |
| 2008 | 126 | #1,355 |
| 2007 | 100 | #1,562 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,374 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,333 |
| 2004 | 124 | #1,223 |
| 2003 | 134 | #1,130 |
| 2002 | 156 | #997 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,016 |
| 2000 | 194 | #822 |
| 1999 | 175 | #861 |
| 1998 | 175 | #836 |
| 1997 | 190 | #776 |
| 1996 | 195 | #755 |
| 1995 | 213 | #733 |
| 1994 | 258 | #647 |
| 1993 | 250 | #650 |
| 1992 | 268 | #630 |
| 1991 | 309 | #574 |
| 1990 | 350 | #526 |
| 1989 | 326 | #532 |
| 1988 | 327 | #507 |
| 1987 | 314 | #506 |
| 1986 | 330 | #479 |
| 1985 | 343 | #467 |
| 1984 | 336 | #459 |
| 1983 | 303 | #485 |
| 1982 | 366 | #440 |
| 1981 | 316 | #468 |
| 1980 | 342 | #453 |
| 1979 | 336 | #440 |
| 1978 | 337 | #435 |
| 1977 | 348 | #423 |
| 1976 | 367 | #405 |
| 1975 | 399 | #391 |
| 1974 | 387 | #394 |
| 1973 | 377 | #401 |
| 1972 | 399 | #394 |
| 1971 | 516 | #355 |
| 1970 | 547 | #346 |
| 1969 | 543 | #334 |
| 1968 | 585 | #312 |
| 1967 | 665 | #280 |
| 1966 | 795 | #257 |
| 1965 | 827 | #256 |
| 1964 | 1,023 | #236 |
| 1963 | 1,072 | #229 |
| 1962 | 1,121 | #228 |
| 1961 | 1,309 | #215 |
| 1960 | 1,397 | #205 |
| 1959 | 1,399 | #205 |
| 1958 | 1,475 | #191 |
| 1957 | 1,517 | #189 |
| 1956 | 1,617 | #180 |
| 1955 | 1,521 | #179 |
| 1954 | 1,520 | #177 |
| 1953 | 1,366 | #186 |
| 1952 | 1,338 | #184 |
| 1951 | 1,303 | #183 |
| 1950 | 1,160 | #191 |
| 1949 | 1,044 | #197 |
| 1948 | 972 | #202 |
| 1947 | 983 | #202 |
| 1946 | 884 | #197 |
| 1945 | 681 | #209 |
| 1944 | 720 | #205 |
| 1943 | 770 | #205 |
| 1942 | 832 | #193 |
| 1941 | 689 | #200 |
| 1940 | 553 | #224 |
| 1939 | 521 | #228 |
| 1938 | 536 | #224 |
| 1937 | 478 | #243 |
| 1936 | 468 | #241 |
| 1935 | 525 | #225 |
| 1934 | 545 | #220 |
| 1933 | 536 | #215 |
| 1932 | 542 | #221 |
| 1931 | 551 | #222 |
| 1930 | 601 | #214 |
| 1929 | 552 | #230 |
| 1928 | 594 | #222 |
| 1927 | 629 | #212 |
| 1926 | 586 | #228 |
| 1925 | 554 | #236 |
| 1924 | 541 | #248 |
| 1923 | 554 | #238 |
| 1922 | 542 | #242 |
| 1921 | 530 | #244 |
| 1920 | 408 | #275 |
| 1919 | 410 | #263 |
| 1918 | 447 | #252 |
| 1917 | 413 | #248 |
| 1916 | 359 | #265 |
| 1915 | 323 | #271 |
| 1914 | 236 | #290 |
| 1913 | 201 | #272 |
| 1912 | 149 | #294 |
| 1911 | 89 | #277 |
| 1910 | 49 | #365 |
| 1909 | 39 | #388 |
| 1908 | 30 | #438 |
| 1907 | 32 | #396 |
| 1906 | 25 | #443 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 18 | #515 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
Nicknames for Gerard
- Gerry 9 boys in the UK in 2025
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