Gerlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gerlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Gerlene between 1916 and 1956, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gerlene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerlene 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 268 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.