# Gerard name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/gerard
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Gerard ranked #1713 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #1652.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #1713
- Birth count: 95
- Rate per 10,000: 0.56

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Gerard
- Rank: #1652
- Birth count: 101
- Rate per 10,000: 0.59
- Official count multiplier: 1.06x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.00
- Expected per school of 300: 0.01
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.3%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1956
- Best rank year: 1954
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 7.7%

## Spelling components
- Gerard: 95 births
- Gerrard: 6 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology