Geraline — girls' name

What the Data Says About Geraline

The Social Security Administration has registered 675 babies named Geraline between 1914 and 1964, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geraline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geraline performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Geraline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Geraline in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geraline 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 675 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.