Gerd

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gerd: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gerd: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #8, and it was last ranked in 2003.

1registrar recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#8highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for
11names it appears alongside

What stands out in Gerd's record

Shares a published list with another name across 52 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2003

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#9
1946	#9
1947	#8
1948	#9
1949	#10
1950	#12
1951	#12
1952	#14
1953	#15
1954	#16
1955	#19
1956	#40
1957	#40
1958	#46
1959	#47
1960	#47
1961	#59
1962	#68
1963	#66
1964	#76
1965	#77
1966	#83
1967	#96
1968	#109
1969	#114
1970	#148
1971	#163
1972	#151
1973	#182
1974	#196
1975	#210
1976	#227
1977	#233
1978	#261
1979	#246
1980	#269
1981	#210
1982	#324
1983	#410
1984	#319
1985	#353
1986	#313
1987	#373
1988	#483
1989	#420
1990	#513
1991	#402
1992	#593
1993	#420
1994	#517
2000	#593
2003	#545

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 52 of the 59 years from 1945 to 2003.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2003 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #9 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2003
Highest recorded position: #8 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #545 among girls in Norway, in 2003.
Norway · Girls

Gerd by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gerd in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	2,590	5 of 10	518
1950s	3,128	10 of 10	313
1960s	1,071	10 of 10	107
1970s	268	10 of 10	27
1980s	135	10 of 10	14
1990s	37	5 of 10	7
2000s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 518 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gerd appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2003. Highest recorded position: #8 in Norway in 1947.

Gerd's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2003	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#593	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#517	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#420	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#593	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#402	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#513	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#420	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#483	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#373	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#313	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#353	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#319	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#324	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#210	24	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#269	17	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#246	19	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#261	18	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#233	20	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#227	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#210	23	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#196	27	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#182	29	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#151	40	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#163	35	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#148	37	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#114	60	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#109	57	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#96	72	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#83	95	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#77	100	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#76	101	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#66	119	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#68	122	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#59	154	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#47	191	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#47	201	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#46	212	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#40	238	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#40	256	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#19	315	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#16	359	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#15	375	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#14	375	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#12	384	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#12	413	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#10	453	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#9	478	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#8	557	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#9	576	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#9	526	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2003, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #8, first reached in 1947.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 576 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gerard · #10, 72y
Gerardine · #189, 17y
Gerda · #212, 40y
Gergana · #3214, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Vilde · #8, 52y
Tiril · #11, 50y
Ulrik · #14, 56y
Torill · #16, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alexander · #8, 77y
Annie · #8, 81y
Anthony · #8, 77y
Espen · #8, 81y

Comparisons involving Gerd

Existing comparison pages where Gerd and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Gerd in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Gerd vs Solveig
In 1945 they stood at #9 and #14 in Norway · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2003 they were #545 and #70.
Gerd · Solveig · 52 shared years, 1945–2003 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2003 Norway ranking
Gerd vs Astrid
In 1945 they stood at #9 and #12 in Norway · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2003 they were #545 and #74.
Gerd · Astrid · 52 shared years, 1945–2003 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2003 Norway ranking
Liv vs Gerd
In 1945 they stood at #3 and #9 in Norway · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2003 they were #115 and #545.
Liv · Gerd · 52 shared years, 1945–2003 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2003 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Gerd measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Gerd at its highest position.

Eva vs Gerd
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #9 in Norway · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2003 they were #118 and #545.
Eva · Gerd · 52 shared years, 1945–2003 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2003 Norway ranking
Kari vs Gerd
In 1945 they stood at #4 and #9 in Norway · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2003 they were #137 and #545.
Kari · Gerd · 52 shared years, 1945–2003 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2003 Norway ranking
Gerd vs Ragnhild
In 1945 they stood at #9 and #18 in Norway · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2003 they were #545 and #141.
Gerd · Ragnhild · 52 shared years, 1945–2003 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2003 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Gerd was ranked #8 in Norway · Girls in 1947. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gerd and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gerd without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Gerd

Leah Compare
In 1999 they stood at #420 and #536 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #593 and #207.
Ada Compare
In 1991 they stood at #402 and #421 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #593 and #259.
Evelyn Compare
In 1991 they stood at #402 and #459 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #593 and #308.
Lara Compare
In 1999 they stood at #517 and #525 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #593 and #311.

Moved the opposite way to Gerd

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 while Ada went from #229 to #128.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 while Alma went from #293 to #154.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 while Anna went from #38 to #10.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 while Cecilie went from #359 to #103.

Moved the same way as Gerd

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 and Anita from #162 to #242.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 and Ann from #82 to #243.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 and Anne from #1 to #55.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Gerd went from #9 to #545 and Annie from #180 to #410.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2003. Highest recorded position: #8 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gerd

Gerd at a glance

What stands out in Gerd's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gerd by decade in Norway · Girls

Gerd appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Gerd

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gerd

Gerd and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gerd

Moved the opposite way to Gerd

Moved the same way as Gerd

Gerd at a glance

What stands out in Gerd's record

Gerd by decade in Norway · Girls

Gerd appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Gerd

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gerd

Gerd and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gerd

Moved the opposite way to Gerd

Moved the same way as Gerd