Gerhard

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gerhard: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #204, and it was last ranked in 2001.

1registrar recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#204highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2001

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#204
1946	#213
1948	#264
1949	#271
1950	#350
1951	#268
1952	#323
1953	#248
1954	#353
1955	#360
1956	#361
1957	#348
1958	#380
1959	#354
1960	#346
1961	#390
1962	#352
1963	#386
1964	#367
1965	#403
1966	#457
1967	#532
1968	#386
1969	#566
1970	#454
1972	#588
1973	#592
1981	#493
1982	#614
1984	#579
1986	#618
1988	#634
1996	#572
2001	#542

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 34 of the 57 years from 1945 to 2001.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2001 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #204 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2001
Highest recorded position: #204 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2001).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2001
Most recently recorded at #542 among boys in Norway, in 2001.
Norway · Boys

Gerhard by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Gerhard in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	52	4 of 10	13
1950sbusiest	71	10 of 10	7
1960s	68	10 of 10	7
1970s	15	3 of 10	5
1980s	24	5 of 10	5
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gerhard 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 2001. Highest recorded position: #204 in Norway in 1945.

Gerhard'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
2001	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#572	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#618	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#579	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#592	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#588	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#454	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#386	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#532	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#457	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#403	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#367	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#386	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#352	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#390	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#346	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#354	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#380	6	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#348	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#361	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#360	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#353	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#248	11	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#323	7	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#268	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#350	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#271	9	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#264	10	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#213	16	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#204	17	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 2001, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #204, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 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.

Gerda · #212, 40y
Gergana · #3214, 10y
Geri · #351, 8y
Gerrard · #181, 37y

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.

Baard · #204, 34y
Macdara · #204, 32y
Sture · #205, 36y
Hamzah · #202, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Baard · #204, 34y
Dagmar · #203, 26y
Gunnbjørg · #203, 23y
Magny · #205, 22y

Gerhard was ranked #204 in Norway · Boys 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.

Gerhard 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 Gerhard without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Gerhard

Joakim Compare
In 1971 they stood at #454 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #588 and #214.
Sondre Compare
In 1971 they stood at #454 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #588 and #263.
Ben Compare
In 1968 they stood at #386 and #488 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #566 and #293.
Jacob Compare
In 1968 they stood at #386 and #389 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #566 and #299.

Moved the opposite way to Gerhard

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 while Anders went from #55 to #29.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 while Andreas went from #140 to #1.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 while Christian went from #161 to #28.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Gerhard

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 and Alfred from #127 to #250.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 and Arild from #32 to #332.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 and Arne from #6 to #157.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Gerhard went from #204 to #542 and Arthur from #153 to #290.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2001. Highest recorded position: #204 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gerhard

Gerhard at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gerhard by decade in Norway · Boys

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Popularity data

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Gerhard at a glance

Gerhard by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Gerhard

Gerhard and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gerhard

Moved the opposite way to Gerhard

Moved the same way as Gerhard