Boys' name · since 1987
Jeraldo
Jeraldo has 63 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 63
- total births
- 1987–2014
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
Jeraldo sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 63 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeraldo has been recorded 63 times among boys since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2014.
- 63 total births
- 1987–2014 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeraldo's 63 recorded births place it above 55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeraldo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeraldo splits its recorded history at 1994: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeraldo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2014
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jeraldo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jeraldo's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jeraldo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 22 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Jeraldo's decade-level peak was the 1980s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1987–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeraldo: Baby Name Since 1987 - 63 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeraldo. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jeraldo 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 July 2026.