Gerda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gerda: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #212, and it was last ranked in 2017.

3registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#212highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2005	#4798
2006	#3116
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2016	#4763

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 29 of the 73 years from 1945 to 2017.

In 2014: #752 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3160 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #212 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2017
Highest recorded position: #212 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #530 among girls in Norway, in 2017.
Norway · Girls

Gerda appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 200 births with the name.

Gerda across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gerda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#212 (1945)	#212 (1945)	#530 (2017)	29 of 73	200 (1945–2017)	18 (1945)
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#3116 (2006)	#4763 (2016)	13 of 19	58 (1998–2016)	7 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#665 (2008)	#665 (2008)	#752 (2014)	5 of 7	20 (2008–2014)	5 (2008)

Gerda 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 Gerda in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12
1950s	65	8 of 10	8
1960s	19	4 of 10	5
1970s	8	2 of 10	4
1980s	7	1 of 10	7
1990s	20	5 of 10	4
2000s	6	1 of 10	6
2010s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gerda appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1945.

Gerda'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
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#530	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#529	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#579	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#503	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#607	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#635	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#629	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#634	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#645	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#483	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#624	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#583	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#547	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#472	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#497	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#396	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#351	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#341	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#330	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#289	10	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#220	16	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#284	9	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#301	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#225	16	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#272	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#212	18	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2017, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #212, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 63 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Gerardine · #189, 17y
Gerd · #8, 52y
Gergana · #3214, 10y
Gerhard · #204, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Davin · #213, 43y
Jerry · #213, 43y
Viola · #211, 40y
Felicia · #210, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Gjert · #212, 28y
Hjalmar · #212, 56y
Holger · #212, 31y
Widar · #212, 21y

Gerda was ranked #212 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Gerda 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 Gerda without appearing here.

Gerda moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Dianne Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3422 and #5556.
Finley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Gerda

Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #2070.
Oda Compare
In 1990 they stood at #624 and #648 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #645 and #59.
Vilde Compare
In 1990 they stood at #483 and #509 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #645 and #62.
Mathilde Compare
In 1990 they stood at #483 and #500 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #645 and #130.

Moved the opposite way to Gerda

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 while Ada went from #229 to #24.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 while Alma went from #293 to #12.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 while Anna went from #38 to #9.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 while Elise went from #223 to #42.

Moved the same way as Gerda

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 and Anita from #162 to #419.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 and Anne from #1 to #115.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 and Annie from #180 to #301.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Gerda went from #212 to #530 and Åse from #25 to #204.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #212 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gerda

Gerda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gerda across 3 official records

Gerda by decade in Norway · Girls

Gerda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Gerda and the names beside it

Gerda moved ahead of

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Gerda at a glance

Gerda across 3 official records

Gerda by decade in Norway · Girls

Gerda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Gerda

Gerda and the names beside it

Gerda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gerda

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Moved the same way as Gerda