Meaning and history
Gerard combines Old German ger, meaning "spear," with hart, meaning "hard," "firm" or "brave." Borne by saints from Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Italy, it reached Britain with the Normans and was initially more common than the similar Gerald, though it is now less so.
20062006: 117 births, rank #1,374
2007: 100 births, rank #1,562
2008: 126 births, rank #1,355
2009: 130 births, rank #1,331
2010: 140 births, rank #1,250
20112011: 172 births, rank #1,082
2012: 171 births, rank #1,090
2013: 183 births, rank #1,047
2014: 202 births, rank #1,012
2015: 180 births, rank #1,086
20162016: 160 births, rank #1,183
2017: 161 births, rank #1,164
2018: 149 births, rank #1,238
2019: 116 births, rank #1,479
2020: 119 births, rank #1,451
20212021: 121 births, rank #1,479
2022: 128 births, rank #1,425
2023: 130 births, rank #1,408
2024: 115 births, rank #1,530
20252025: 95 births, rank #1,708
Gerard moved from #824 to #999 for boys between 2000 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 1956, with 1,617 births.