Girls' name · since 1951
Geradette
Geradette has 16 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Geradette since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Geradette has 16 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1955.
- #48,659 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1951
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geradette ranks #48,659 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1951, peaking in the 1950s.
- #48,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
Geradette's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geradette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Geradette's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Geradette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1955
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Geradette by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1950s was Geradette's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Geradette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Geradette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Geradette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.