# Gertie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gertie/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,532 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,532 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutive + -ie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 6 | 6,501 |
| 1971 | 7 | 6,843 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,708 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,860 |
| 1974 | 7 | 7,147 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,278 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,051 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,965 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,099 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,590 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,784 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,375 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,084 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,655 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |

## 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.