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Gerard

“Brave with the spear” — Germanic (Frankish, via Old French) origin

Boy's name · #1708 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Gerard has appeared in US records since 1886 — best rank #177 (1954) · 58,820 babies named Gerard all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 4,000 boys in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Gerards

• Gerard Piqué — Spanish association football player
• Gerard 't Hooft — Dutch theoretical physicist
• Gerard Butler — Scottish actor and film producer
• Gerard Kuiper — Netherlands-born American astronomer (1905–1973)
• Gerard Way — American singer (born 1977)

In stories & tradition

• Gerard DuGalle — StarCraft universe
• Gerard — The Chronicles of Amber
• Gerard Benet — French Kills

What Gerards become

Among 1,919 notable people named Gerard:

Artists & writers appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (1844–1889).

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