unisex name

Ger

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 3
  • Births on record 486

Northern Ireland

#426

2020 births

Ger is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 18% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2006 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 38 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1980.

Ger over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2006, not a full ten years.

269
'80 '90 '00
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Births named Ger by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 183
1990s 269
2000s (to 2006) 21

How popular is Ger?

In 2006, Ger was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ger is used

Northern Ireland #426 3 in 2020
Ireland #819 3 in 2021
United States #9,813 7 in 2006

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ger

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ger also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ger over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ger

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ger — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ger

How popular is the name Ger?

In 2006, Ger was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Ger a girl's or a boy's name?

Ger is used for both girls and boys. About 18% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Ger most popular?

Ger peaked in 1991, when 38 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.