first name
GERALYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,494 people named Geralyn, 84% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as Black and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Geralyn peaked in 1956, when 346 babies got the name.
At least 4,875 babies have been given the name since 1929. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Geralyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,054. The largest share of babies named Geralyn, 74.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Geralyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Geralyn has been most common in Wisconsin (4.1×), Louisiana (4×), and New Jersey (2.7×), and least common in Texas (0.23×).
3,328 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.
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