Gerardine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gerardine

The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Gerardine between 1930 and 1989, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerardine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerardine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gerardine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gerardine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerardine 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 154 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.