Geraldo — #12527 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Geraldo

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,390 babies named Geraldo between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Geraldo currently holds the #12527 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 115 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geraldo performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 624 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Geraldo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 565 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Geraldo in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geraldo 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 2,390 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.