Total births
21
Girls' name · since 2005
Geriah
Geriah has 21 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 21
- total births
- 2005–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
Geriah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 2005.
Geriah has 21 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2016.
- 21 total births
- 2005–2016 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
21 girls have been named Geriah since 2005, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2016.
- 21
- total births
- 2005–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
52% of everyone ever named Geriah was born in this single decade.
2016
Single peak year
6 babies were named Geriah in 2016 - its busiest year on record.
Geriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geriah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Geriah at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
2016
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2005
Geriah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Geriah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Geriah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Geriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Geriah? ▼
21 babies have been named Geriah since 2005. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2016 with 6 births.
When was Geriah most popular? ▼
Geriah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Geriah been used? ▼
Records for Geriah go back to 2005, giving 12 years of history through 2016.
What names are similar to Geriah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Geraldine, Gertrude, Gertie, Geri, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Geriah
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2005–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Geriah: Baby Name Since 2005 - 21 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/geriah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Geriah 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 July 2026.