Gerladine — girls' name
10 babies named Gerladine in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Gerladine was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Gerladine in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gerladine
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Gerladine between 1919 and 1929, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerladine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerladine performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gerladine shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gerladine 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 10 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.
Gerladine at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gerladine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1919
- Peak year (1919)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
10 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 5 births in a single year.
Gerladine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Gerladine's all-time total
Gerladine decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Gerladine's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1919–1929 (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.