Gearlene — girls' name
78 babies named Gearlene in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Gearlene was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Gearlene in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gearlene
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Gearlene between 1933 and 1955, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gearlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gearlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gearlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gearlene 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 78 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.
Gearlene at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gearlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1933
- Peak year (1934)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
78 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 10 births in a single year.
Gearlene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 44 births that decade — 56% of Gearlene's all-time total
Gearlene decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Gearlene's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1933–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.