Recorded 1914–1988 · United States
Gearld was most popular in 1941, when 146 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,029 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,286 people named Gearld.
Gearld first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 74 of the 112 years since. It was last recorded in 1988.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,286 American births named Gearld between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,979 are estimated to be alive today.
Gearld was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Across the whole record Gearld is a boy’s name — 0.1% of the 4,286 Americans given it were girls and 99.9% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,979 Americans named Gearld are alive today — 46% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 63 and 79.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org