Girls' name · since 1922
Geralene
227 babies named Geralene in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 227
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
227 girls have been named Geralene since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Geralene has 227 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1965.
- #18,523 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 227 born since 1922
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geralene ranks #18,523 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 227 born since 1922, peaking in the 1940s.
- #18,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 227
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
Geralene's 227 recorded births place it above 74.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Geralene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Geralene's SSA record in two at 1941 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1922, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1946 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Geralene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1965
- Peak year (1946)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Geralene by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (99 births, 44% of the file).
1940s was Geralene's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Geralene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s
1930s
83 births
- 1940s
1940s
99 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 99 births (44% of all-time use).
Geralene by state
Where Geralene concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 227 births nationwide.
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What to do with Geralene's data
- Geralene's decade-level peak was the 1940s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Geralenes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Geralene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1922–1965 (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 Geralene 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.