Gearldine
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #9,652 · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 165 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,686since 1908
Gearldine over time
Rank among girls' names. Gearldine has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,442 | 54 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,241 | 70 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,108 | 79 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,054 | 84 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,059 | 79 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,063 | 76 | — | |
| 1950 | #900 | 97 | — | |
| 1949 | #862 | 103 | — | |
| 1948 | #790 | 118 | — | |
| 1947 | #787 | 121 | — | |
| 1946 | #716 | 127 | — | |
| 1945 | #641 | 130 | — | |
| 1944 | #663 | 124 | — | |
| 1943 | #632 | 144 | — | |
| 1942 | #591 | 157 | — | |
| 1941 | #624 | 129 | — | |
| 1940 | #550 | 156 | — | |
| 1939 | #553 | 146 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #570 | 144 | — | |
| 1937 | #590 | 131 | — | |
| 1936 | #554 | 138 | — | |
| 1935 | #491 | 165 | — | |
| 1934 | #556 | 134 | — | |
| 1933 | #526 | 146 | — | |
| 1932 | #616 | 115 | — | |
| 1931 | #631 | 110 | — | |
| 1930 | #626 | 122 | — | |
| 1929 | #661 | 111 | — | |
| 1928 | #703 | 100 | — | |
| 1927 | #638 | 126 | — | |
| 1926 | #713 | 104 | — | |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 | — | |
| 1924 | #768 | 94 | — | |
| 1923 | #901 | 66 | — | |
| 1922 | #897 | 66 | — | |
| 1921 | #919 | 65 | — | |
| 1920 | #880 | 68 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,090 | 45 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gearldine! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gearldine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
- Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1920 (#1,090 → #880)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1951 (#900 → #1,063)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1935 at #491 (165 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1920–1950
- Highest: 1 in 6,355 girls born in 1935 were named Gearldine (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,629 girls born in 1977 (0.00%)
- 28.8% of all girls named Gearldine (1,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 196 | #1,090 (1919) | #1,648 |
| 1920s | 884 | #638 (1927) | #789 |
| 1930s | 1,351 | #491 (1935) | #571 |
| 1940s | 1,309 | #550 (1940) | #686 |
| 1950s | 670 | #900 (1950) | #1,271 |
| 1960s | 247 | #1,811 (1960) | #2,827 |
| 1970s | 24 | #5,061 (1970) | #6,752 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gearldine in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 7,511 of them was named Gearldine, which outranked 88.8% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 221,370 of them was named Gearldine, which outranked 12.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.