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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in French, German and 2 more
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01 / Meaning & origin
Gard is a masculine given name documented in French, German, Finnish and 1 other language.
Separate records with matching spellings: Gärd (Danish, Swedish)
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1959: 5 boys (rank 3988).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Gard
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 7 | 298 | observed |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | 6 | 344 | observed |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | 5 | 386 | observed |
| 1957 | 5 | 385 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | 7 | 352 | observed |
| 1960 | 11 | 292 | observed |
| 1961 | 4 | 454 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 6 | 414 | observed |
| 1964 | 9 | 353 | observed |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | 9 | 373 | observed |
| 1967 | 17 | 251 | observed |
| 1968 | 27 | 201 | observed |
| 1969 | 30 | 192 | observed |
| 1970 | 24 | 216 | observed |
| 1971 | 25 | 213 | observed |
| 1972 | 29 | 209 | observed |
| 1973 | 23 | 225 | observed |
| 1974 | 22 | 237 | observed |
| 1975 | 24 | 221 | observed |
| 1976 | 12 | 351 | observed |
| 1977 | 18 | 259 | observed |
| 1978 | 23 | 230 | observed |
| 1979 | 8 | 452 | observed |
| 1980 | 13 | 330 | observed |
| 1981 | 20 | 241 | observed |
| 1982 | 26 | 218 | observed |
| 1983 | 18 | 276 | observed |
| 1984 | 18 | 277 | observed |
| 1985 | 22 | 255 | observed |
| 1986 | 11 | 384 | observed |
| 1987 | 18 | 268 | observed |
| 1988 | 14 | 319 | observed |
| 1989 | 21 | 250 | observed |
| 1990 | 21 | 243 | observed |
| 1991 | 21 | 255 | observed |
| 1992 | 30 | 211 | observed |
| 1993 | 33 | 187 | observed |
| 1994 | 29 | 208 | observed |
| 1995 | 39 | 162 | observed |
| 1996 | 28 | 197 | observed |
| 1997 | 34 | 172 | observed |
| 1998 | 28 | 189 | observed |
| 1999 | 60 | 117 | observed |
| 2000 | 52 | 135 | observed |
| 2001 | 47 | 136 | observed |
| 2002 | 50 | 133 | observed |
| 2003 | 39 | 157 | observed |
| 2004 | 49 | 141 | observed |
| 2005 | 22 | 217 | observed |
| 2006 | 31 | 182 | observed |
| 2007 | 27 | 201 | observed |
| 2008 | 25 | 214 | observed |
| 2009 | 25 | 222 | observed |
| 2010 | 22 | 219 | observed |
| 2011 | 22 | 227 | observed |
| 2012 | 18 | 261 | observed |
| 2013 | 23 | 222 | observed |
| 2014 | 9 | 378 | observed |
| 2015 | 15 | 295 | observed |
| 2016 | 11 | 345 | observed |
| 2017 | 17 | 272 | observed |
| 2018 | 5 | 471 | observed |
| 2019 | 10 | 346 | observed |
| 2020 | 11 | 296 | observed |
| 2021 | 6 | 388 | observed |
| 2022 | 6 | 400 | observed |
| 2023 | 9 | 352 | observed |
| 2024 | 4 | 468 | observed |
| 2025 | 8 | 370 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Gard” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
GARD— “dwelling place”
_Gard_ is part of a man’s name in the North; _e.g._, Gardar, who was the Swede who first sailed round Iceland, came from Gardhar, house-warrior, or perhaps patriot; Gardmund and Gardbrand, one the hand, another the sword of the country, are also found; but, in general, this is a termination, as with Finngard, Thorgard, Valgard.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section XII (Gerda) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
