Geraldyne — girls' name

What the Data Says About Geraldyne

The Social Security Administration has registered 486 babies named Geraldyne between 1910 and 2012, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geraldyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geraldyne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Geraldyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Geraldyne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geraldyne 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 486 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.