Gertrude
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Gertrude is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Gertrude mean?
Germanic
“spear”
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gertrude a girl's or a boy's name?
Gertrude is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gertrude in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 girls.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#33), 1914 (#46) and 1924 (#78).
Gertrude in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Gertrude in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Gertrude, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1917, with 6,300 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Gertrude than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Gertrude in the US since 1880 were born between 1905 and 1925, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gertrude in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,100 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,665 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,706 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,648 |
| 1968 | 58 | #1,491 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,281 |
| 1966 | 98 | #1,057 |
| 1965 | 112 | #973 |
| 1964 | 153 | #841 |
| 1963 | 169 | #799 |
| 1962 | 152 | #855 |
| 1961 | 173 | #794 |
| 1960 | 211 | #702 |
| 1959 | 220 | #674 |
| 1958 | 243 | #628 |
| 1957 | 300 | #551 |
| 1956 | 340 | #508 |
| 1955 | 371 | #471 |
| 1954 | 393 | #442 |
| 1953 | 422 | #419 |
| 1952 | 476 | #378 |
| 1951 | 558 | #334 |
| 1950 | 613 | #314 |
| 1949 | 657 | #302 |
| 1948 | 651 | #301 |
| 1947 | 702 | #298 |
| 1946 | 639 | #290 |
| 1945 | 664 | #262 |
| 1944 | 813 | #232 |
| 1943 | 867 | #227 |
| 1942 | 932 | #215 |
| 1941 | 997 | #190 |
| 1940 | 1,014 | #186 |
| 1939 | 1,092 | #173 |
| 1938 | 1,167 | #172 |
| 1937 | 1,319 | #159 |
| 1936 | 1,316 | #156 |
| 1935 | 1,425 | #145 |
| 1934 | 1,582 | #135 |
| 1933 | 1,619 | #133 |
| 1932 | 1,968 | #124 |
| 1931 | 2,094 | #115 |
| 1930 | 2,555 | #96 |
| 1929 | 2,725 | #95 |
| 1928 | 3,011 | #86 |
| 1927 | 3,508 | #78 |
| 1926 | 3,852 | #71 |
| 1925 | 3,892 | #70 |
| 1924 | 4,543 | #60 |
| 1923 | 4,700 | #59 |
| 1922 | 5,082 | #48 |
| 1921 | 5,349 | #46 |
| 1920 | 5,797 | #42 |
| 1919 | 6,014 | #39 |
| 1918 | 6,264 | #39 |
| 1917 | 6,300 | #37 |
| 1916 | 6,243 | #35 |
| 1915 | 6,077 | #35 |
| 1914 | 4,938 | #32 |
| 1913 | 4,015 | #33 |
| 1912 | 3,887 | #30 |
| 1911 | 2,895 | #30 |
| 1910 | 2,932 | #26 |
| 1909 | 2,622 | #25 |
| 1908 | 2,562 | #25 |
| 1907 | 2,499 | #24 |
| 1906 | 2,375 | #22 |
| 1905 | 2,276 | #27 |
| 1904 | 2,269 | #25 |
| 1903 | 2,253 | #24 |
| 1902 | 2,207 | #27 |
| 1901 | 1,964 | #27 |
| 1900 | 2,580 | #23 |
| 1899 | 2,110 | #23 |
| 1898 | 2,302 | #24 |
| 1897 | 2,135 | #23 |
| 1896 | 2,221 | #23 |
| 1895 | 2,129 | #24 |
| 1894 | 1,908 | #25 |
| 1893 | 1,811 | #24 |
| 1892 | 1,924 | #23 |
| 1891 | 1,645 | #26 |
| 1890 | 1,713 | #26 |
| 1889 | 1,543 | #28 |
| 1888 | 1,468 | #28 |
| 1887 | 1,251 | #28 |
| 1886 | 1,249 | #27 |
| 1885 | 1,086 | #29 |
| 1884 | 1,063 | #28 |
| 1883 | 923 | #25 |
| 1882 | 939 | #26 |
| 1881 | 791 | #24 |
| 1880 | 787 | #25 |
Names like Gertrude
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice, Florence, Lottie, Olive, Ada, Elsie, Grace, Beatrice, Nellie, Charlotte, Millie, Annie
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Gertrude: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gertrude, updated 20 October 2026.