Geral**
#8,595 most common boys' name of all time · #21,734 across all names · 60% male / 40% female · used 1915–1990 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,595
Rank overall
#21,734 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
372
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1951 #3,243
Best rank
#2,628 1947
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Geral first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,542 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,080 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,495 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,935 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,188 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,821 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,268 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,273 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,166 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,775 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,696 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1953 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1951 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #3,243 |
| 1949 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,185 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,628 |
| 1946 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #3,082 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,698 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,799 |
| 1942 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,127 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,367 |
| 1940 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #2,634 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,777 |
| 1938 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #2,796 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,956 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,263 |
| 1929 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,175 |
| 1928 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,438 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,476 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,593 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,983 |
| 1924 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,622 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,689 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,739 |
| 1920 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,595 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | 5 | — |