Geraud — boys' name
16 babies named Geraud in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Geraud was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Geraud in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geraud
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Geraud between 1974 and 1987, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Geraud currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geraud performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Geraud shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geraud 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 16 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.
Geraud at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Geraud popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1974
- Peak year (1982)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
16 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 6 births in a single year.
Geraud by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Geraud's all-time total
Geraud decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Geraud's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 1974–1987 (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.