Boys' name · since 1948
Geraldo
Geraldo has 2,395 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,223 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,395
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
2,395 babies have been named Geraldo since 1948, making it today's #12223 boys' name.
Geraldo has 2,395 recorded births among boys since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12223 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #2,952 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,223 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,395 born since 1948
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geraldo ranks #2,952 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,223 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,395 born since 1948, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,223 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,395
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Geraldo's 2,395 recorded births place it above 93.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Geraldo compares
2,395 Top 20% higher than 80% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Geraldo's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Geraldo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,395 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 115 | 34 | 22,252 |
Geraldo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Geraldo splits its recorded history at 1988: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 115 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Geraldo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 115
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Geraldo by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (624 births, 26% of the file).
1980s was Geraldo's strongest decade.
624 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Geraldo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 81
1950s
81 births
- 1960s 242
1960s
242 births
- 1970s
1970s
413 births
- 1980s
1980s
624 births
- 1990s
1990s
567 births
- 2000s
2000s
287 births
- 2010s 129
2010s
129 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 624 births (26% of all-time use).
How Geraldo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Geraldo's total volume
Geraldo by state
Where Geraldo concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 565 | 23.6% |
| #2 | California | | 232 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 207 | 8.6% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 105 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 76 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 37 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 26 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 23 | 1.0% |
565 of 2,395 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Geraldo appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Geraldo's data
- Geraldo's decade-level peak was the 1980s (624 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Geraldos (565 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Geraldo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Geraldo 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.