Girls' name · since 1924
Girlean
Since 1924, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Girlean, peaking in 1924. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #51,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1924
- 1920s
- peak decade
Girlean is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 1924.
Girlean has 12 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 1936.
- #51,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1924
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Girlean ranks #51,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1924, peaking in the 1920s.
- #51,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1924
- 1920s
- peak decade
Girlean's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Girlean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Girlean's SSA record in two at 1936 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1936, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Girlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1936
- Peak year (1924)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Girlean by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1920s was Girlean's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Girlean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Girlean's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Girlean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1924–1936 (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 Girlean 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.