Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Gertrude

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Adored Warrior
German
Spear of strength

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Gertrude

Famous People

Author Gertrude Stein, Actress Gertrude Berg

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1927 (rank #1960, 17 births); most recent 1949 (rank #3692, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1917 (rank #37, 6,300 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6546, 17 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–17
2024–29
2023–31
2022–32
2021–30
2020–32
2019–34
2018–25
2017–26
2016–36

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #4735, 4 births); most recent 2021 (rank #5579, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1944 (rank #643, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1912 (rank #170, 127 births); most recent 2016 (rank #5342, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016–3
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1964 (rank #154, 24 births); most recent 1994 (rank #502, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1928 (rank #54, 18 births); most recent 1965 (rank #393, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence