Girls' name · since 1926
Gerelene
22 babies named Gerelene in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1926
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gerelene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1926.
Gerelene has 22 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1951.
- #44,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1926
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerelene ranks #44,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1926, peaking in the 1940s.
- #44,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1926
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gerelene's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gerelene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gerelene splits its recorded history at 1949: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1926 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gerelene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1951
- Peak year (1948)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Gerelene by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (11 births, 50% of the file).
1940s was Gerelene's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Gerelene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 11 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Gerelene's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1950s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gerelene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1926–1951 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gerelene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.