Gerardo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- heh-RAR-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #678 for boys
Gerardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear + brave”. In 2025 it ranked 678th for boys in the US (401 babies).
What does Gerardo mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Italian form of Gerard
“spear + brave”
Saint Gerard Majella, an 18th-century Italian lay brother, is a patron saint of expectant mothers.
Is Gerardo a girl's or a boy's name?
Gerardo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 401 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gerardo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 678th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 401 about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 401 boys in the US were named Gerardo, making it the 678th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 555th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 1,703 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gerardo than any year since 1969.
Half of all the boys named Gerardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gerardo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 401 | #678 |
| 2024 | 483 | #595 |
| 2023 | 486 | #589 |
| 2022 | 493 | #581 |
| 2021 | 496 | #568 |
| 2020 | 510 | #555 |
| 2019 | 482 | #578 |
| 2018 | 491 | #560 |
| 2017 | 637 | #470 |
| 2016 | 682 | #452 |
| 2015 | 744 | #418 |
| 2014 | 773 | #401 |
| 2013 | 756 | #398 |
| 2012 | 817 | #371 |
| 2011 | 836 | #359 |
| 2010 | 864 | #354 |
| 2009 | 993 | #322 |
| 2008 | 1,174 | #290 |
| 2007 | 1,335 | #261 |
| 2006 | 1,292 | #268 |
| 2005 | 1,312 | #252 |
| 2004 | 1,414 | #236 |
| 2003 | 1,399 | #239 |
| 2002 | 1,442 | #234 |
| 2001 | 1,520 | #227 |
| 2000 | 1,703 | #211 |
| 1999 | 1,568 | #218 |
| 1998 | 1,472 | #217 |
| 1997 | 1,433 | #214 |
| 1996 | 1,510 | #205 |
| 1995 | 1,324 | #226 |
| 1994 | 1,286 | #228 |
| 1993 | 1,356 | #220 |
| 1992 | 1,299 | #228 |
| 1991 | 1,182 | #239 |
| 1990 | 1,065 | #254 |
| 1989 | 934 | #267 |
| 1988 | 837 | #276 |
| 1987 | 688 | #309 |
| 1986 | 710 | #294 |
| 1985 | 709 | #289 |
| 1984 | 624 | #313 |
| 1983 | 715 | #284 |
| 1982 | 690 | #292 |
| 1981 | 699 | #288 |
| 1980 | 636 | #307 |
| 1979 | 698 | #288 |
| 1978 | 576 | #309 |
| 1977 | 631 | #305 |
| 1976 | 680 | #278 |
| 1975 | 740 | #263 |
| 1974 | 517 | #337 |
| 1973 | 448 | #365 |
| 1972 | 461 | #366 |
| 1971 | 461 | #375 |
| 1970 | 445 | #384 |
| 1969 | 346 | #423 |
| 1968 | 349 | #413 |
| 1967 | 329 | #420 |
| 1966 | 297 | #445 |
| 1965 | 324 | #428 |
| 1964 | 265 | #484 |
| 1963 | 285 | #467 |
| 1962 | 253 | #501 |
| 1961 | 242 | #510 |
| 1960 | 233 | #519 |
| 1959 | 202 | #550 |
| 1958 | 177 | #581 |
| 1957 | 166 | #596 |
| 1956 | 132 | #658 |
| 1955 | 153 | #593 |
| 1954 | 113 | #676 |
| 1953 | 102 | #700 |
| 1952 | 74 | #813 |
| 1951 | 94 | #715 |
| 1950 | 71 | #805 |
| 1949 | 51 | #966 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,322 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
Names like Gerardo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gustavo, Ricardo, Rodrigo, Fernando, Roberto, Armando, Guillermo, Alvaro, Eduardo, Leonardo, Sergio, Alonso
Names related to Gerardo
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Gerardo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gerardo, updated 20 October 2026.