Geralyn — #13593 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Geralyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,875 babies named Geralyn between 1929 and 2024, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geralyn currently holds the #13593 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 346 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geralyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,385 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Geralyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 525 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Geralyn in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geralyn 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 4,875 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.