How rare is the name Geraldine?

92,416 people in the United States have the first name Geraldine, about 1 in 3,268. It ranks #578 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GERALDINE

#578

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
92,416
About
1 in 3,268
This common or more
61.1%
Who bears it

Of the 92,416 people named Geraldine, 67.5% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Black and 8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Geraldine peaked in 1930, when 5,471 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1930
Births that year
5,471
In 2025*
73 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 212,097 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Geraldine by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #80. The largest share of babies named Geraldine, 42.9%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#863192
1890s#519758
1900s#2822,589
1910s#15919,030
1920s#10048,195
1930s#8050,267
1940s#12148,136
1950s#28824,294
1960s#5299,824
1970s#1,2222,232
1980s#1,6641,583
1990s#2,3921,198
2000s#2,6061,417
2010s#2,4381,719
2020s#3,326663
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4542.9%
Baby boom 1946–6422.7%
Generation X 1965–802.9%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–121.1%
2013 and later0.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Geraldine is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Geraldine has been most common in Maine (1.8×), Pennsylvania (1.6×), and West Virginia (1.6×), and least common in Nevada (0.15×).

204,681 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Geraldine

#576 Earl · 92,567#577 Brandy · 92,449#579 Harper · 92,376#580 Alfred · 92,300

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Geraldine, most common first.

#15,138 Gearldine · 765#18,988 Geraldina · 563#25,713 Geraldin · 367#29,690 Geraldene · 297#37,938 Gerldine · 204#39,013 Geraldyne · 195#48,183 Geraldyn · 133#53,155 Gerladine · 102

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