Geralene — girls' name
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.
44% of everyone ever named Geralene was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Geralene in 1946 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geralene
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Geralene between 1922 and 1965, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geralene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geralene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Geralene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Geralene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geralene 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 227 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.
Geralene at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Geralene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1922
- Peak year (1946)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
227 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1946 with 13 births in a single year.
Geralene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 99 births that decade — 44% of Geralene's all-time total
Geralene decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Geralene's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.