Gearldine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gearldine

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,686 babies named Gearldine between 1908 and 1977, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gearldine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 165 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gearldine performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 1,351 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gearldine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 317 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gearldine in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gearldine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,686 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.