# Gerhard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gerhard/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,429 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,429 / 0 (0% 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 7 | 7,072 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,578 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,598 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,292 |
| 1997 | 8 | 6,826 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,166 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,681 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,042 |
| 2006 | 13 | 6,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,117 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,260 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,694 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,128 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,914 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,700 |

## People named Gerhard

- Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)
- Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist (1895-1964)
- Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904-1999)
- Gerhard Berger, Austrian former Formula One racing driver
- Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Catholic cardinal from Germany
- Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and fighter pilot during World War II (1919–1983)
- Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, German botanist (1797-1848)
- Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (1929-1980)
- Gerhard Gentzen, German mathematician (1909-1945)
- Gerhard Friedrich Rohlfs, German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer (1831–1896)
- Gerhard Tremmel, German football goalkeeper
- Gerhard Friedrich Müller, German historian and ethnologist

## 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.