# Gerd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gerd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 33 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 17 (52% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 5 | 5,386 |
| 1929 | 7 | 3,824 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,595 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 6 | 3,715 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,160 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,160 |

## People named Gerd

- Gerd Müller, German footballer (1945–2021)
- Gerd von Rundstedt, German Field Marshal during World War II (1875-1953)
- Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
- Gerd Kanter, Estonian athletics competitor and coach (born 1979)
- Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (1935–2014)
- Gerd Wessig, East German high jumper
- Gerd Kische, East German footballer
- Gerd Zewe, German footballer (born 1950)
- Gerd Oswald, American film and television director (1919–1989)
- Gerd Weber, East German footballer
- Gerd Hagman, actress
- Gerd Backhaus, East German footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.