Gerda

Popularity Trends

The name Gerda is the #6,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,099 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 14.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,617 (19.2% percentile) for all time with 1,099 births since 1887.

Gerda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (first recorded for girls in 1887). Birth data for Gerda is available in 79 out of the 86 years between 1887 and 1972. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Gerda reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 7.9% percentile (ranked #515) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 57 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1972.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gerda".

1887 1972 18871972

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,099

Peak Births

Peak Year

1915

First Recorded

1887

Peak Percentile

7.9%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#515

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Gerda", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Gerda.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Gerda's popularity from 1884 to 1975 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Gerda at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Gerda range from Erna at 88.9% correlation to Hazle at 85.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 86.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Marie with 541.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Hildegarde with 2.3K births (100% girls).

Gerda's share of births peaked at 56.6 births per million for girls in 1915. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (4% of peak) in 1960. In 1972, the most recent period with data, the name Gerda had 4.3 births per million, 8% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Erna

9,071

88.93% (very strong)

Pansy

11k

87.73% (very strong)

Hilda

81.1k

87.19% (very strong)

Marguerite

94k

87.12% (very strong)

Neva

21.1k

86.90% (very strong)

Freda

42.5k

86.63% (very strong)

Hildegarde

2,326

86.55% (very strong)

Verda

8,069

86.09% (very strong)

Marie

541.3k

85.79% (very strong)

Hazel

292.6k

85.69% (very strong)

Esther

267.6k

85.50% (very strong)

Hazle

2,484

85.17% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Gerda

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Gerda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 91.9% confident that Gerda is pronounced as GER-duh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JER-duh, at 8.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.

GER-duh

91.9%

JER-duh

8.1%

GER-duh (2 syllables)

Verified

91.9% confidence

G ER1 D AH0

JER-duh (2 syllables)

8.1% confidence

JH ER1 D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like G ER1 D AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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