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Baby name
Gerard
Boy
Origin of the name
Gerard is a Germanic name made of two elements meaning “spear” and “hard, strong.”
Classic name
58,820births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 180rank at its peak, in 1956
Where babies named Gerard are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Gerard is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Gerard is most common in New Hampshire (6.4 times), Maine (6.4) and Rhode Island (5.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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