Gertrude

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gertrude: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #154, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#154highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2006	#4157
2008	#5545
2011	#4764
2013	#4739
2021	#5581

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 Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 31 years from 1964 to 1994.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #154 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1994
Highest recorded position: #154 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1994).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Gertrude appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 197 births with the name.

Gertrude 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.

Gertrude'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#154 (1964)	#154 (1964)	#502 (1994)	23 of 31	197 (1964–1994)	24 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#3900 (1999)	#5581 (2021)	6 of 23	21 (1999–2021)	4 (2006)

Gertrude by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Gertrude in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	103	6 of 10	17
1970s	65	9 of 10	7
1980s	19	5 of 10	4
1990s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Gertrude 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 2021. Highest recorded position: #154 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Gertrude'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	12	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	12	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	17	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	20	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	18	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	24	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 2021, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #154, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 35 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
Gethin · #272, 27y
Ghazal · #2771, 12y

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.

Arna · #154, 34y
Eimhear · #154, 26y
Mindaugas · #154, 31y
Keiran · #153, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Assumpta · #154, 22y
Mindaugas · #154, 31y
Neal · #154, 59y
Neill · #154, 35y

Gertrude was ranked #154 in Republic of Ireland · Girls 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.

Gertrude 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 Gertrude without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Gertrude

Nicole Compare
In 1981 they stood at #401 and #432 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #201.
Zara Compare
In 1981 they stood at #469 and #522 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #265.
Sophia Compare
In 1981 they stood at #401 and #483 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #300.
Cheryl Compare
In 1977 they stood at #360 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #469 and #258.

Moved the opposite way to Gertrude

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 while Aisling went from #154 to #13.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 while Alexandra went from #222 to #130.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 while Alison went from #146 to #50.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 while Amanda went from #118 to #59.

Moved the same way as Gertrude

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 and Alice from #57 to #92.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 and Angela from #24 to #212.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 and Anita from #130 to #198.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gertrude went from #154 to #502 and Ann from #4 to #88.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #154 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gertrude

Gertrude at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gertrude across 2 official records

Gertrude by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gertrude appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Gertrude

Gertrude and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gertrude

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Gertrude at a glance

Gertrude across 2 official records

Gertrude by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gertrude appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Gertrude

Gertrude and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gertrude

Moved the opposite way to Gertrude

Moved the same way as Gertrude