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Gerald
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛɹəld/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1927 · #1032
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:178 in 2024 (#1,167)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Gerald in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1927 with 56 babies, ranked #1032.
- It first shows up in the records in 1910.
- 2,385 girls have been named Gerald since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gerald per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 352 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 795 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 670 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 425 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 143 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old French, ultimately from Frankish *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *wald (“might, power”). The name was brought to England by the Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɛɹəld/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gerald, CC BY-SA 4.0.