How Many People Are Named Gerardo Medina?

There are approximately 33 people named Gerardo Medina living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 10,386,495 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Gerardo with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Medina. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 10,386,495 Americans

Combination Rarity

Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Gerardo

Last Name

Medina

Gerardo: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Gerardo. The peak year was 2000 with 1,713 births. The average person named Gerardo today is 31 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Gerardo

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Gerardo in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Gerardo rose or fell over time.

White

2.22%

Black

0.17%

Hispanic

95.65%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.82%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.08%

Two or More Races

0.07%

Ancestry of the Medina Surname

The surname Medina was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Medina in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

5.94%

Black

0.71%

Hispanic

90.37%

Asian/Pacific Islander

2.12%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.32%

Two or More Races

0.53%

How we calculated this

The first name "Gerardo" has an estimated frequency of 0.0152% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Medina" appears at a rate of 62.38 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Gerardo are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 33 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Gerardo

Gerardo Smith Gerardo Johnson Gerardo Williams Gerardo Brown Gerardo Jones Gerardo Garcia Gerardo Drumond

Other people with the surname Medina

Michael Medina James Medina John Medina David Medina Robert Medina William Medina Alexander Medina Aaron Medina

Gerardo Medina: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Gerardo Medina?

We estimate approximately 33 people named Gerardo Medina are alive in the United States today. The first name Gerardo is shared by 52,173 Americans, and the surname Medina is shared by 213,814.

How rare is the name Gerardo Medina?

This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 10,386,495 Americans. The first name Gerardo is uncommon and the surname Medina is common.

Is Gerardo a male or female name?

Gerardo is predominantly male, with 99.6% of bearers being male and 0.4% female. It peaked in popularity in 2000 and the average bearer today is 31 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Gerardo?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Gerardo was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (95.65%). The next largest recorded groups were White (2.22%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (1.82%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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