Is Gerren a boy or girl name?

Gerren is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 590 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 6.4% were girls and 93.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2009, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Gerren

Recorded 1976–2012 · United States

Gerren was most popular in 1983, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,279 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 590 people named Gerren.

Gerren over time

Births per year. The dot marks Gerren’s peak in 1983. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Gerren a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Gerren is mostly a boy’s name — 6.4% of the 590 Americans given it were girls and 93.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2009 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org