Gerrard

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gerrard: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #181, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#181highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#2901
1999	#2097
2002	#2254
2003	#1410
2004	#1878
2005	#891
2006	#748
2007	#952
2008	#1403
2009	#1859
2010	#1801
2011	#2039
2012	#3039
2013	#1920
2014	#1560
2015	#2150
2016	#3478
2017	#3996
2018	#3011
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2021	#2493
2022	#4789
2023	#4991

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #181 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1989
Highest recorded position: #181 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1989).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Gerrard appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 25 ranked years and 249 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Gerrard across 2 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.

Gerrard'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#748 (2006)	#4991 (2023)	25 of 28	249 (1996–2023)	34 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#181 (1964)	#181 (1964)	#307 (1989)	12 of 26	57 (1964–1989)	8 (1971)

Gerrard by decade in England and Wales · 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 Gerrard in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	136	8 of 10	17
2010s	82	10 of 10	8
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Gerrard 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #181 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Gerrard'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#748	34	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#891	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1964 and 2023, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #181, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

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Gert · #273, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Cecil · #181, 38y
Iwona · #181, 36y
Gavan · #182, 32y
Stacy · #178, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Cecil · #181, 38y
Conrad · #181, 45y
Mortimer · #181, 26y
Rafael · #181, 53y

Gerrard was ranked #181 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. 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.

Gerrard 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 Gerrard without appearing here.

Gerrard moved ahead of

Joakim Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1410 and #3467.
Herman Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1859 and #3744.
Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #891 and #2754.
Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Gerrard

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2018.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Kelly Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3048.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Gerrard

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Gerrard

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gerrard went from #2863 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #181 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gerrard

Gerrard at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gerrard across 2 official records

Gerrard by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Gerrard appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Gerrard at a glance

Gerrard across 2 official records

Gerrard by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Gerrard appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Gerrard

Gerrard and the names beside it

Gerrard moved ahead of

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