Boy
Gerard
Gerard is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now.
GermanicGermanic "ger" (spear) + "hard" (brave)
EtymologyMeaning "brave with a spear"
Births by decade
1900s
214
1910s
2,681
1920s
5,501
1930s
5,312
1940s
8,134
1950s
14,228
1960s
9,358
1970s
4,033
1980s
3,317
1990s
2,382
2000s
1,338
2010s
1,366
Peaked in the 1950s · 57,864 total U.S. births since 1900