How rare is the name Geraldo?

5,309 people in the United States have the first name Geraldo, about 1 in 56,890. It ranks #3,757 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GERALDO

#3,757

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,309
About
1 in 56,890
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,309 people named Geraldo, 79.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% as White and 4.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Geraldo peaked in 1988, when 115 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19482025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
115
In 2025*
5 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,395 babies have been given the name since 1948. 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.

Geraldo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,942. The largest share of babies named Geraldo, 43.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#6,53681
1960s#3,928242
1970s#3,339413
1980s#2,942624
1990s#3,923567
2000s#7,840287
2010s#14,203129
2020s#18,70947
Baby boom 1946–647.4%
Generation X 1965–8025.6%
Millennials 1981–9643.1%
Generation Z 1997–1219.2%
2013 and later4.7%

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 Geraldo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Geraldo has been most common in New York (5.6×), New Jersey (2.9×), and Texas (2.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.58×).

1,284 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 Geraldo

#3,755 Jonna · 5,311#3,756 Ashok · 5,310#3,758 Anastacia · 5,308#3,759 Carleen · 5,304

Spelled almost the same

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

#207 Gerald · 258,431#10,105 Gerold · 1,336#21,023 Geralda · 487#25,713 Geraldin · 367#33,858 Gerrald · 243#40,339 Geraldy · 185#48,183 Geraldyn · 133

Also a last name

As a last name, Geraldo ranks #32,541 of 156,621, with 757 people. See Geraldo as a last name

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