Gerline — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gerline

The Social Security Administration has registered 462 babies named Gerline between 1915 and 1982, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gerline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gerline performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gerline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Gerline in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gerline 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 462 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.