girls:
22 births since 1931
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1957
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
33 births since 1931
#7706 (0th percentile)
The name Gere is the #7,706 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 33 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1931. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1957.
Gere first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Gere is available in 6 out of the 75 years between 1931 and 2005 (4 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Gere has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2005, 0.0% of babies named Gere were girls. Interestingly, until around 1957, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1931 to 1956), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (64.7% boys from 1957 to 2005).
For girls, Gere reached its peak popularity in 1943, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #626) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
For boys, Gere reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #657) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gere".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Gere. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.6% confident that Gere is pronounced as gear, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is gihr, at 36.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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