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Gerald

“Ruler with the spear” — Germanic (via Old French) origin

Boy's name · #1204 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Gerald has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #19 (1936) · 448,966 babies named Gerald all-time · 1 in 10,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,800 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 9,900 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 13,000 boys in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Geralds

• Gerald Ford — president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
• Gerald Edelman — American biologist (1929–2014)
• Gerald Vanenburg — Dutch association football player
• Gerald Durrell — British naturalist and writer (1925–1995)
• Gerald Asamoah — German association football player

In stories & tradition

• Gerald Bostock — fictional human
• Gerald Broflovski — South Park
• Gerald Robotnik — fictional human

What Geralds become

Among 2,700 notable people named Gerald:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gerald Edelman, American biologist (1929–2014).

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