Gearld is an uncommon variant of Gerald that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Gearld is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1988. Gearld was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1941 (146 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 11 | — | — | #4,271 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,361 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #7,094 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | — | #4,700 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | — | #4,265 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | — | #5,897 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | — | #3,285 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | — | #3,703 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | — | #3,653 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | — | #3,482 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | — | #3,695 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | — | #2,992 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | — | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | — | #2,310 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | — | #2,440 |
| 1972 | 29 | — | — | #1,615 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | — | #1,571 |
| 1970 | 28 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1969 | 38 | — | — | #1,284 |
| 1968 | 33 | — | — | #1,347 |
| 1967 | 36 | — | — | #1,263 |
| 1966 | 48 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1965 | 38 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1964 | 55 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1963 | 66 | — | — | #923 |
| 1962 | 57 | — | — | #1,019 |
| 1961 | 59 | — | — | #1,019 |
| 1960 | 92 | — | #6,682 | #819 |
| 1959 | 80 | — | — | #847 |
| 1958 | 76 | — | — | #869 |
| 1957 | 86 | — | — | #814 |
| 1956 | 97 | — | — | #746 |
| 1955 | 100 | — | — | #730 |
| 1954 | 75 | — | — | #837 |
| 1953 | 97 | — | — | #728 |
| 1952 | 109 | — | — | #664 |
| 1951 | 118 | — | — | #649 |
| 1950 | 119 | — | — | #633 |
| 1949 | 119 | — | — | #626 |
| 1948 | 93 | — | — | #693 |
| 1947 | 105 | — | — | #672 |
| 1946 | 102 | — | — | #636 |
| 1945 | 81 | — | — | #669 |
| 1944 | 91 | — | — | #653 |
| 1943 | 112 | — | — | #597 |
| 1942 | 127 | — | — | #546 |
| 1941 | 146 | — | — | #488 |
| 1940 | 131 | — | — | #505 |
| 1939 | 120 | — | — | #521 |
| 1938 | 123 | — | — | #522 |
| 1937 | 111 | — | — | #553 |
| 1936 | 106 | — | — | #559 |
| 1935 | 83 | — | — | #655 |
| 1934 | 97 | — | — | #600 |
| 1933 | 82 | — | — | #639 |
| 1932 | 81 | — | — | #681 |
| 1931 | 71 | — | — | #731 |
| 1930 | 59 | — | — | #860 |
| 1929 | 59 | — | — | #862 |
| 1928 | 54 | — | — | #918 |
| 1927 | 54 | — | — | #942 |
| 1926 | 52 | — | — | #948 |
| 1925 | 39 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1924 | 40 | — | — | #1,145 |
| 1923 | 23 | — | — | #1,617 |
| 1922 | 42 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1921 | 28 | — | — | #1,428 |
| 1920 | 24 | — | — | #1,561 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | — | #1,774 |
| 1918 | 26 | — | — | #1,419 |
| 1917 | 18 | — | — | #1,771 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | — | #2,439 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | — | #2,225 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #2,018 |