Girls' name · since 1916
Gerlene
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 268 babies named Gerlene, peaking in 1946. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 268
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Gerlene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 268 have been recorded since 1916.
Gerlene has 268 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1956.
- #16,920 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 268 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gerlene ranks #16,920 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 268 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #16,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 268
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Gerlene's 268 recorded births place it above 76.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gerlene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gerlene's full recorded timeline at 1939, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1946 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gerlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1956
- Peak year (1946)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Gerlene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (95 births, 35% of the file).
1930s was Gerlene's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Gerlene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 34
1920s
34 births
- 1930s
1930s
95 births
- 1940s
1940s
84 births
- 1950s
1950s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 95 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Gerlene's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 1950s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gerlene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1916–1956 (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 Gerlene 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.