Gerhard
Meaning
brave spearman
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gerhard has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
238 people · the #22,462 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 66
Among people named Gerhard living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Gerhard
Most people given the name Gerhard in the United States were born between 1950 and 1989. The Gerhard you meet today is most often in his 50s or 60s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Gerhard deep dive
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