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Gerald in the US

  1. #124 Bruce
  2. #125 Theresa
  3. #126 Jack
  4. #127 Rachel
  5. #128 Gerald
  6. #129 Robin
  7. #130 Steve
  8. #131 Beverly
  9. #132 Adam
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From an Old French name of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from gār, gēr ‘spear’ + wald ‘rule’. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. There has been some confusion with Gerard. It died out in England at the end of the 13th century. However, it continued to be popular in Ireland, where it had been brought in the 12th century at the time of Strongbow's invasion. It was used in England in the 17th century and revived in the 19th century, along with several other long-extinct names of Norman, Old English, and Celtic origin, and is now more common than Gerard, which survived all along as an English ‘gentry’ name.
128th in the U.S. for 2011

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Hundreds of thousands
of people in the U.S have this name
369,815
to be exact (as of February 2011)
440,398
if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
Wisconsin
has the most people named Gerald per capita
1939
marked the height of its popularity
0.04%
99.96%
63%
55+
30%
30-54
5%
13-29
3%
0-12

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Gerald is most likely to live in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas

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