Geraldyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Geraldyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Geraldyn between 1920 and 2018, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geraldyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geraldyn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Geraldyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geraldyn 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 71 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.