Name profile

Gerhard

German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of Gerard.

PronunciationGerman /ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt/; Dutch /ˈɣɛr.ɦɑrt/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, German, Germanic, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2020)#12,022

Meaning and history

German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Gerard; it was borne by the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder (born 1944).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20012001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
20062006: 13 births, rank #6,094
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 6 births, rank #10,770
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 5 births, rank #12,108
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: 8 births, rank #8,816
2017: 5 births, rank #12,246
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
20202020: 5 births, rank #12,022

Gerhard rose from #934 to #924 for boys between 1927 and 1929. Its highest annual birth count came in 1917, with 62 births.