Girls' name · since 1925
Geralda
66 babies named Geralda in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Geralda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 66 have been recorded since 1925.
Social Security Administration records show Geralda recorded 66 times among girls since 1925, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1983.
- #31,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1925
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geralda ranks #31,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1925, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Geralda's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geralda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geralda's full recorded timeline at 1939, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Geralda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1983
- Peak year (1927)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Geralda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (25 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Geralda's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Geralda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
25 births
- 1930s
1930s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 25 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Geralda's decade-level peak was the 1920s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Geralda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1925–1983 (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 Geralda 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.