Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Gerber isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerber through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 93
- 93 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,664 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,664 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 976 as a first name in 2020; 16,365 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gerber’s family of names
In German usage, Gerber as a surname has a related form in GERBERT. In German usage, Gerber as a surname has a related form in Gaerber. In German usage, Gerber as a surname has a related form in Gaerbert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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