Geralyn

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1956 · 346 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,875
since 1929

Geralyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Geralyn has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #505, 1956girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024#13,4776
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019#11,3568
2018#15,6825
2017#10,6899
2016
2015
2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
2012#9,10912
2011
2010#13,4487
2009#15,2426
2008#17,5045
2007#13,9247
2006#10,61110
2005#10,12810
2004#7,07716
2003#13,8446
2002
2001#12,0567
2000#8,02712
1999#8,80510
1998#10,1228
1997#8,33410
1996#7,13012
1995#7,04112
1994#7,09712
1993#6,62213
1992#6,65213
1991#6,25314
1990#8,5019
1989#4,84818
1988#4,84017
1987#4,28319
1986#3,45925
1985#3,85221
1984#4,47816
1983#4,47616
1982#5,20913
1981#3,25326
1980#3,21526
1979#3,90319
1978#3,38822
1977#3,36622
1976#5,21511
1975#3,77417
1974#3,00823
1973#3,01522
1972#2,97622
1971#2,24735
1970#2,20336
1969#1,64853
1968#1,38765
1967#1,10389
1966#1,05099
1965#952115
1964#829160
1963#703210
1962#650241
1961#596285
1960#639250
1959#544320
1958#572295
1957#537318
1956#505346
1955#537292
1954#616217
1953#599218
1952#644190
1951#891103
1950#97886
1949#1,62733
1948#1,77828
1947#2,53016
1946#1,97022
1945#1,87420
1944#2,51113
1943#2,25116
1942#2,21416
1941#3,5597
1940#3,5037
1939#2,59211
1938#2,73010
1937#2,44812
1936#2,8579
1935#2,43912
1934#4,2865
1933
1932#4,4115
1931
1930
1929#4,5705
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five girls were named Geralyn! It came in at #4,570, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1929–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Geralyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 649 spots in 1950 (#1,627#978)
  • Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1964 (#703#829)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 1956 at #505 (346 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1950–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,803
  • Highest: 1 in 5,803 girls born in 1956 were named Geralyn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 48.9% of all girls named Geralyn (2,385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,570 (1929)#4,570
1930s64#2,439 (1935)#3,109
1940s178#1,627 (1949)#2,382
1950s2,385#505 (1956)#642
1960s1,567#596 (1961)#956
1970s229#2,203 (1970)#3,310
1980s197#3,215 (1980)#4,191
1990s113#6,253 (1991)#7,656
2000s79#7,077 (2004)#12,046
2010s52#9,109 (2012)#13,056
2020s6#13,477 (2024)#13,477

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.

Geralyn in 1929

girls
#4,570
5 births · 1 in 223,312 girls

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #4,570Geralyn5
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Geralyn, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Geralyn
  1. #4,053Zillah6
  2. #4,053Zollie6
  3. #4,053Zorka6
  4. #4,570Geralyn5
  5. #4,570Adabelle5
  6. #4,570Adelyne5
  7. #4,570Adonna5

Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1929