Boys' name · since 2012
Geriel
10 babies named Geriel in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,810 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Geriel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 10 recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geriel has been recorded 10 times among boys since 2012, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2018.
- #34,810 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geriel ranks #34,810 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,810 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Geriel's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geriel's full recorded timeline at 2018, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births.
Geriel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2018
- Peak year (2012)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Geriel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Geriel's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Geriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Geriel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2012–2018 (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 Geriel 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.