Geraldine
#2,438 for girls in 2025, 73 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 5,413 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 211,349since 1880
Geraldine over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,438 | 73 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,997 | 98 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,595 | 131 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,612 | 131 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,584 | 132 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,948 | 98 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,490 | 147 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,710 | 121 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,636 | 132 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,580 | 140 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,643 | 130 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,436 | 158 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,403 | 163 | — | |
| 2012 | #994 | 254 | — | |
| 2011 | #965 | 265 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,160 | 209 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,231 | 202 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,431 | 165 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,621 | 137 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,522 | 144 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,328 | 165 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,201 | 186 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,526 | 127 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,915 | 92 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,726 | 104 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,817 | 95 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,914 | 82 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,690 | 94 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,802 | 83 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,685 | 90 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,419 | 115 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,521 | 102 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,374 | 119 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,149 | 153 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,106 | 162 | — | |
| 1990 | #950 | 198 | — | |
| 1989 | #775 | 250 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #576 | 355 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #1,098 | 138 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,163 | 122 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,143 | 125 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,216 | 107 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,230 | 103 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,126 | 125 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,093 | 127 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,206 | 109 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,178 | 112 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 120 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,079 | 120 | — | |
| 1976 | #840 | 163 | — | |
| 1975 | #859 | 156 | — | |
| 1974 | #772 | 179 | — | |
| 1973 | #638 | 236 | — | |
| 1972 | #678 | 218 | — | |
| 1971 | #478 | 411 | — | |
| 1970 | #426 | 517 | — | |
| 1969 | #400 | 566 | — | |
| 1968 | #337 | 670 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #320 | 741 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #308 | 823 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #291 | 916 | — | |
| 1964 | #272 | 1,102 | — | |
| 1963 | #279 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1962 | #260 | 1,199 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #244 | 1,283 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #224 | 1,430 | — | |
| 1959 | #220 | 1,452 | — | |
| 1958 | #208 | 1,565 | — | |
| 1957 | #189 | 1,855 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #176 | 2,061 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #162 | 2,197 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #143 | 2,571 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #135 | 2,673 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #119 | 3,047 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #108 | 3,350 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #102 | 3,451 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #90 | 3,919 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #83 | 4,208 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #78 | 4,811 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #66 | 4,849 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #56 | 4,475 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #53 | 4,666 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #51 | 5,189 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #47 | 5,437 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #45 | 5,229 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #46 | 5,150 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #41 | 5,160 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #45 | 4,652 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #44 | 4,556 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #41 | 4,864 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #40 | 4,818 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #43 | 4,837 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #42 | 4,962 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #42 | 5,332 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #38 | 5,413 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #43 | 5,448 | #1,533 | 23 |
| 1929 | #43 | 5,334 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #50 | 5,156 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #58 | 4,930 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #54 | 4,812 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #54 | 4,838 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #58 | 4,833 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #58 | 4,712 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #58 | 4,641 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #62 | 4,523 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #60 | 4,265 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #68 | 3,727 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #77 | 3,446 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #89 | 2,897 | — | |
| 1916 | #94 | 2,549 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #108 | 1,866 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #123 | 1,320 | — | |
| 1913 | #121 | 1,058 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #122 | 949 | — | |
| 1911 | #134 | 627 | — | |
| 1910 | #148 | 551 | — | |
| 1909 | #156 | 444 | — | |
| 1908 | #167 | 362 | — | |
| 1907 | #169 | 344 | — | |
| 1906 | #168 | 321 | — | |
| 1905 | #190 | 259 | — | |
| 1904 | #204 | 219 | — | |
| 1903 | #214 | 198 | — | |
| 1902 | #244 | 156 | — | |
| 1901 | #242 | 141 | — | |
| 1900 | #269 | 145 | — | |
| 1899 | #244 | 130 | — | |
| 1898 | #295 | 110 | — | |
| 1897 | #312 | 86 | — | |
| 1896 | #312 | 86 | — | |
| 1895 | #320 | 81 | — | |
| 1894 | #326 | 73 | — | |
| 1893 | #360 | 56 | — | |
| 1892 | #338 | 60 | — | |
| 1891 | #355 | 49 | — | |
| 1890 | #499 | 27 | — | |
| 1889 | #454 | 29 | — | |
| 1888 | #380 | 40 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #432 | 25 | — | |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #499 | 15 | — | |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 | — | |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Geraldine was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Geraldine is popular in 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#14 · 1 in 81
- Louisiana#22 · 1 in 141
- Illinois#41 · 1 in 210
- New York#42 · 1 in 175
- New Jersey#44 · 1 in 158
Best ever in a state: #9 in Nevada, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #14 | 53 | 1 in 81 |
| Louisiana | #22 | 195 | 1 in 141 |
| Illinois | #41 | 334 | 1 in 210 |
| New York | #42 | 653 | 1 in 175 |
| Maryland | #44 | 96 | 1 in 196 |
| New Jersey | #44 | 229 | 1 in 158 |
| Pennsylvania | #44 | 515 | 1 in 175 |
| Alabama | #46 | 150 | 1 in 227 |
| Florida | #48 | 87 | 1 in 239 |
| Massachusetts | #48 | 218 | 1 in 178 |
| Connecticut | #49 | 88 | 1 in 186 |
| Michigan | #49 | 239 | 1 in 236 |
| North Carolina | #49 | 168 | 1 in 256 |
| Georgia | #51 | 149 | 1 in 245 |
| Minnesota | #53 | 99 | 1 in 254 |
| Rhode Island | #53 | 33 | 1 in 186 |
| West Virginia | #56 | 68 | 1 in 286 |
| Wisconsin | #59 | 108 | 1 in 261 |
| South Carolina | #62 | 92 | 1 in 271 |
| Virginia | #62 | 102 | 1 in 297 |
| Maine | #63 | 36 | 1 in 214 |
| Ohio | #64 | 215 | 1 in 302 |
| Kentucky | #65 | 88 | 1 in 329 |
| Mississippi | #68 | 88 | 1 in 285 |
| Tennessee | #70 | 92 | 1 in 349 |
| Arizona | #73 | 22 | 1 in 295 |
| Delaware | #73 | 9 | 1 in 257 |
| District of Columbia | #73 | 31 | 1 in 311 |
| Oregon | #73 | 31 | 1 in 338 |
| North Dakota | #74 | 17 | 1 in 306 |
| Washington | #74 | 54 | 1 in 344 |
| Missouri | #75 | 88 | 1 in 374 |
| Utah | #76 | 23 | 1 in 300 |
| Colorado | #77 | 32 | 1 in 327 |
| Idaho | #77 | 15 | 1 in 301 |
| California | #79 | 215 | 1 in 363 |
| Nebraska | #79 | 26 | 1 in 391 |
| South Dakota | #79 | 15 | 1 in 333 |
| Vermont | #82 | 8 | 1 in 325 |
| Iowa | #84 | 44 | 1 in 471 |
| Indiana | #85 | 74 | 1 in 440 |
| New Mexico | #93 | 19 | 1 in 323 |
| New Hampshire | #94 | 9 | 1 in 427 |
| Oklahoma | #95 | 44 | 1 in 485 |
| Montana | #98 | 11 | 1 in 388 |
| Kansas | #99 | 27 | 1 in 545 |
| Arkansas | #107 | 43 | 1 in 483 |
| Texas | #127 | 126 | 1 in 590 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Geraldine
- 441 spots since 2024 (#1,997 → #2,438)
- 490 spots since 2020 (#1,948 → #2,438)
- 795 spots since 2015 (#1,643 → #2,438)
- Biggest jump: 522 spots in 1988 (#1,098 → #576)
- Biggest drop: 409 spots in 2013 (#994 → #1,403)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #38 (5,413 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1916–1949
- Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1976
- Highest: 1 in 197 girls born in 1931 were named Geraldine (0.51%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,017 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.7% of all girls named Geraldine (50,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 192 | #380 (1888) | #500 |
| 1890s | 758 | #244 (1899) | #336 |
| 1900s | 2,589 | #156 (1909) | #202 |
| 1910s | 18,990 | #68 (1919) | #108 |
| 1920s | 48,044 | #43 (1929) | #56 |
| 1930s | 50,042 | #38 (1931) | #42 |
| 1940s | 47,933 | #45 (1941) | #62 |
| 1950s | 24,222 | #102 (1950) | #156 |
| 1960s | 9,789 | #224 (1960) | #294 |
| 1970s | 2,232 | #426 (1970) | #804 |
| 1980s | 1,561 | #576 (1988) | #1,063 |
| 1990s | 1,198 | #950 (1990) | #1,461 |
| 2000s | 1,417 | #1,201 (2004) | #1,532 |
| 2010s | 1,719 | #965 (2011) | #1,402 |
| 2020s | 663 | #1,584 (2021) | #1,862 |
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.
Geraldine in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 269 of them was named Geraldine, which outranked 99.0% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 71,365 of them was named Geraldine, which outranked 61.0% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,529Verner21
- #1,529Waverly21
- #1,529Winton21
- #1,577Geraldine20
- #1,577Alfonse20
- #1,577Almon20
- #1,577Alvan20
- #1,636Adrien19
- #1,636Agapito19
- #1,636Anson19
Tied with 58 names at #1,577; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.