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Baby name
Gerald
Boy
Origin of the name
Gerald is of Germanic origin, made of ger, “spear,” and waldan, “to rule.”
Classic name
448,966births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 22rank at its peak, in 1942
Where babies named Gerald are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Gerald is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Gerald is most common in North Dakota (2.3 times), Wisconsin (2.2) and Michigan (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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