Gerilyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gerilyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 689 babies named Gerilyn between 1942 and 2001, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerilyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gerilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerilyn in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerilyn 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 689 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.