Gerldine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gerldine

The Social Security Administration has registered 483 babies named Gerldine between 1915 and 1969, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerldine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerldine performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gerldine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gerldine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerldine 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 483 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.