Gertrude
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Gertrude
Could cute nickname Gertie, remembered as cute five-year-old Drew Barrymore in E.T., revive the long shunned Gertrude?
It's tempting to dismiss Gertrude as a name on its way through the door marked Out Forever, except that its long and honorable pedigree--as a goddess in Norse mythology, as the gentle and mystical Saint Gertrude the Great, and another St. Gertrude who is the patron of cats, and its use by Shakespeare for Hamlet's (not exactly exemplary) mother--earns it a place on the permanent roster. It has also been borne by such varied figures as writer Gertrude Stein, swimming champ Gertrude Ederle, British stage star Gertrude Lawrence, and arts patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
The pinnacle of fashion a century ago, Gertrude reached as high as Number 23 in 1900, but dropped off the list completely in 1966.
Gertrude is also given to boys.
Pronounced GER-trood.
As of October 2026, Gertrude ranked #3898 in US births in 1949 SSA, peaked at #573 in 1891.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #4,115 | 36 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #4,196 | 34 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #4,291 | 32 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #4,544 | 30 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #4,405 | 32 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #4,491 | 31 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #4,683 | 29 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Gertrude on lists
Famous Gertrudes
- Saint Gertrude the GreatGirl
German Benedictine mystic and theologian
- Saint Gertrude of NivellesGirl
Belgian abbess
- Gertrude of HohenburgGirl
Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany
- Gertrude of MeraniaGirl
Queen consort of Andrew II of Hungary
- Gertrude of Bavaria and SaxonyGirl
Queen consort of Canute VI of Denmark
- Gertrude SteinGirl
American novelist
- Gertrude Chandler WarnerGirl
American children's novelist
- Gertrude Franklin Horn AthertonGirl
American novelist
- Gertrude JekyllGirl
English garden designer
- Gertrude BambrickGirl
American silent film actress
- Gertrude Berg (born Tillie Edelstein)Girl
American actress
- Gertrude Belle ElionGirl
American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- Gertrude Lawrence (born Gertrude Alice Dagmar Klasen)Girl
English actress and singer
- Gertrude Mabel Barrows BennettGirl
American novelist
- Gertrude Margaret Lowthian BellGirl
English writer and spy
- Gertrude Caroline EderleGirl
American Olympic swimmer
- Gertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyGirl
American sculptor and art patron
- Gertrude Modora BryanGirl
American actress
- Gertrude AstorGirl
American actress
- Gertrude AbercrombieGirl
American painter
Gertrude in pop culture
- GertrudeGirl
Hamlet's mother in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
- Gertrude "Gigi" HollingsworthGirl
character in TV's "Wizards of Waverly Place"
- Gertrude LescotGirl
character in "Sims" series
- "Gertrude McFuzzGirl
" Dr. Seuss book
- Gertrude "Gert" Yorkes aka ArsenicGirl
character in Marvel's Runaway comics
- Gertrude Von HarpGirl
character in G. A. Henty's, By Pike and Dyke
- Candace Gertrude FlynnGirl
character in "Phineas and Ferb"
- Gertrude "Mama Gertrude" AcachallaGirl
A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale
- Gertrude TrinkeGirl
character in the film Jersey Girl
- Gertrude "Trudy" HardyGirl
Fenton Hardy's sister and The Hardy Boys' aunt from "The Hardy Boys" series
- Gertrude RobinsonGirl
ex,archivist on "The Magnus Archives"