Gerda
Meaning
protection, enclosure (from garðr); a fortress-rooted name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gerda has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
815 people · the #9,549 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 68
Among people named Gerda living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Gerda
Most people given the name Gerda in the United States were born between 1940 and 1969. The Gerda you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Gerda deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Gerda truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Gerda fits with your family’s names and surname.
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