Gerold

Boy · recorded 1912–2002

  • 2002last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0418119121935195719802002

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 88 recorded years as a table
Gerold, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191219
191333
19149
191515
191618
191718
191814
191924
192017
192127
192220
192322
192418
192529
192630
192734
192833
192933
193050
193131
193257
193353
193459
193550
193647
193754
193868
193981
194046
194161
194257
194344
194444
194550
194642
194732
194836
194942
195031
195135
195231
195333
195430
195524
195632
195725
195823
195923
196021
196120
196218
196321
196418
196523
196617
196720
196813
196915
197020
197112
197210
197315
197415
19756
19768
197713
19785
19798
198010
19817
19825
19836
19845
19854
19868
19877
19888
19893
19906
19913
19923
19934
19943
19954
19984
19993
20013
20024

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gerold isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2002
8
Rank in 2002
#7,643
How rare
1 in 242,689 boys
Since 1912
2,966

Gerold was last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 81 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gerold doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.