Geralyn
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 346 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,875since 1929
Geralyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Geralyn has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 |
| 1968 | #1,387 | 65 |
| 1967 | #1,103 | 89 |
| 1966 | #1,050 | 99 |
| 1965 | #952 | 115 |
| 1964 | #829 | 160 |
| 1963 | #703 | 210 |
| 1962 | #650 | 241 |
| 1961 | #596 | 285 |
| 1960 | #639 | 250 |
| 1959 | #544 | 320 |
| 1958 | #572 | 295 |
| 1957 | #537 | 318 |
| 1956 | #505 | 346 |
| 1955 | #537 | 292 |
| 1954 | #616 | 217 |
| 1953 | #599 | 218 |
| 1952 | #644 | 190 |
| 1951 | #891 | 103 |
| 1950 | #978 | 86 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 649 spots in 1950 (#1,627 → #978)
- Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1964 (#703 → #829)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1956 at #505 (346 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1950–1965
- 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%)
- 48.9% of all girls named Geralyn (2,385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,570 (1929) | #4,570 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,439 (1935) | #3,109 |
| 1940s | 178 | #1,627 (1949) | #2,382 |
| 1950s | 2,385 | #505 (1956) | #642 |
| 1960s | 1,567 | #596 (1961) | #956 |
| 1970s | 229 | #2,203 (1970) | #3,310 |
| 1980s | 197 | #3,215 (1980) | #4,191 |
| 1990s | 113 | #6,253 (1991) | #7,656 |
| 2000s | 79 | #7,077 (2004) | #12,046 |
| 2010s | 52 | #9,109 (2012) | #13,056 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 6,696 of them was named Geralyn, which outranked 92.0% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).