Girls' name · since 1935
Jeraldene
Jeraldene has 45 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1936 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1935
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jeraldene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 45 recorded since 1935.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeraldene has been recorded 45 times among girls since 1935, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 1950.
- #36,190 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1935
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeraldene ranks #36,190 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1935, peaking in the 1940s.
- #36,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1935
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jeraldene's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeraldene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeraldene's full recorded timeline at 1943, 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 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1936 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeraldene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1950
- Peak year (1936)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Jeraldene by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (25 births, 56% of the file).
1940s was Jeraldene's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jeraldene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
15 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 25 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Jeraldene's decade-level peak was the 1940s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jeraldene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1935–1950 (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 Jeraldene 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.