The first name Gerrit
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Gerrit at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 16 boys born in the United States were named Gerrit, the 5,689th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 49 were.
2,877
babies named Gerrit since 1880
#5,689
rank in 2025
1916
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Gerrit
45 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Gerrit RietveldDutch furniture designer and architect (1888-1964)
- Gerrit DouDutch painter (1613-1675)
- Gerrit AchterbergDutch poet (1905–1962)
- Gerrit GrahamAmerican actor, 1948–2026
- Gerrit Adriaenszoon BerckheydeDutch painter (1638-1698)
- Gerrit SchimmelpenninckDutch politician (1794-1863)
- Gerrit VoortingDutch cyclist (1923–2015)
- Gerrit BervelingDutch Esperanto author, born 1944
- Gerrit KomrijDutch writer (1944–2012)
- Gerrit HoltmannGerman footballer, born 1995
- Gerrit SmithAmerican abolitionist and politician (1797–1874)
- Gerrit ColeAmerican professional baseball player (born 1990)
Questions
- Is Gerrit a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 2,877 US babies named Gerrit since 1880 were boys.
- When was Gerrit most popular?
- 1916 in the United States, when 49 babies were named Gerrit, its highest rank at 903rd.