Gerrit
Boy · GAIR-it · Germanic
Gerrit is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear + brave”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Gerrit mean?
Germanic: Dutch form of Gerard
“spear + brave”
Gerrit Rietveld was a Dutch designer and architect known for his Red and Blue Chair.
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Is Gerrit a girl's or a boy's name?
Gerrit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gerrit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Gerrit, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had more boys named Gerrit than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Gerrit in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gerrit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,037 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,983 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,359 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,201 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,181 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,092 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 45 | #925 |
| 1914 | 33 | #967 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
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