boys:
858 births since 1903
#3729 (19th percentile)
overall:
858 births since 1903
#6881 (11th percentile)
The name Gerhardt is the #6,881 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 858 recorded births since 1903. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,729 (18.6% percentile) for all time with 858 births since 1903.
Gerhardt first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903 (first recorded for boys in 1903). Birth data for Gerhardt is available in 53 out of the 97 years between 1903 and 1999. 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 boys, Gerhardt reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 8.0% percentile (ranked #462) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 49 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gerhardt".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Gerhardt. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Gerhardt is pronounced as GER-hahrt, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GAIR-hahrt, at 37.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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