Gehrig Popularity by Year

Follow Gehrig across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Gehrig birth-count history

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Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2022	Boys	12	#6,828	Up 674 places
2020	Boys	10	#7,502	Up 141 places
2019	Boys	10	#7,643	Up 511 places
2018	Boys	9	#8,154	Down 3,043 places
2017	Boys	18	#5,111	Up 1,238 places
2016	Boys	13	#6,349	Down 1,942 places
2015	Boys	22	#4,407	Up 659 places
2014	Boys	18	#5,066	Down 1,484 places
2013	Boys	29	#3,582	Up 132 places
2012	Boys	28	#3,714	Up 78 places
2011	Boys	27	#3,792	Up 307 places
2010	Boys	24	#4,099	Down 825 places
2009	Boys	34	#3,274	Up 647 places
2008	Boys	26	#3,921	Down 128 places
2007	Boys	27	#3,793	Down 769 places
2006	Boys	36	#3,024	Down 2 places
2005	Boys	34	#3,022	Down 234 places
2004	Boys	37	#2,788	Down 360 places
2003	Boys	43	#2,428	Up 515 places
2002	Boys	31	#2,943	Up 118 places
2001	Boys	29	#3,061	Up 89 places
2000	Boys	27	#3,150	Down 590 places
1999	Boys	34	#2,560	Up 457 places
1998	Boys	26	#3,017	Up 334 places
1997	Boys	21	#3,351	Up 834 places
1996	Boys	15	#4,185	Up 323 places
1995	Boys	13	#4,508	Up 1,263 places
1993	Boys	9	#5,771	Up 2,465 places
1991	Boys	5	#8,236	Down 119 places
1990	Boys	5	#8,117	Down 1,879 places
1983	Boys	5	#6,238	Down 2,411 places
1954	Boys	5	#3,827	Down 454 places
1952	Boys	6	#3,373	Up 341 places
1951	Boys	5	#3,714	Down 284 places
1944	Boys	5	#3,430	—