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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gearld

Gearld was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1941, when it ranked 488th with 146 babies. More babies were named Gearld in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1941146 babies
Total since 1880
4,286babies recorded

Gearld popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1960.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#3,70311
1970#1,63528
1960#81987
1950#633119
1940#505131
1930#86059
1920#1,56124
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gearld, counting every spelling?

Gearld has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Gearld?

About 1,900 people born in the US named Gearld are alive today, with a median age of 71; half are between 63 and 79. That makes Gearld a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Gearld by state

How common Gearld was among boys born in each state in 1939–1943, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (2.6×), Kentucky (2.3×), Missouri (2.1×), Alabama (1.9×), Texas (1.6×). In 33 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMI0.14New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIA0.07Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesOH0.15Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesCA0.10Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesMO0.21Kentucky: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesKY0.24West Virginia: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesWV0.17Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesAR0.26Tennessee: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTN0.07North Carolina: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNC0.14South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesOK0.15Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMS0.04Alabama: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesAL0.20Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesTX0.17Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gearld, boys, 1939–1943. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Gearld: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gearld, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Gearld

How popular is the name Gearld?

Gearld was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1941, when it ranked 488th with 146 babies. More babies were named Gearld in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Gearld a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5 girls and 4,281 boys.

Where was Gearld most popular?

In 1939–1943, Gearld was most common in Arkansas (0.26 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kentucky and Missouri.