Jeraldine — #15349 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jeraldine

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,345 babies named Jeraldine between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeraldine currently holds the #15349 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 188 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeraldine performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,226 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Jeraldine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 247 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeraldine in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeraldine 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 4,345 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.