Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Geraldine

#195 most common girls' name of all time · #374 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#195
Rank overall
#374 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
212,097
Since 2016
1,203
Peak year
1930 #43
Best rank
#38 1931
Girls Boys peak 5,471/yr
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Geraldine is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 73 73 #2,439
2024 98 98 #1,997
2023 131 131 #1,596
2022 131 131 #1,612
2021 132 132 #1,586
2020 98 98 #1,948
2019 147 147 #1,490
2018 121 121 #1,710
2017 132 132 #1,637
2016 140 140 #1,581
2015 130 130 #1,645
2014 158 158 #1,436
2013 163 163 #1,403
2012 254 254 #994
2011 265 265 #965
2010 209 209 #1,160
2009 202 202 #1,231
2008 165 165 #1,432
2007 137 137 #1,621
2006 144 144 #1,523
2005 165 165 #1,329
2004 186 186 #1,202
2003 127 127 #1,526
2002 92 92 #1,916
2001 104 104 #1,727
2000 95 95 #1,817
1999 82 82 #1,915
1998 94 94 #1,690
1997 83 83 #1,802
1996 90 90 #1,685
1995 115 115 #1,422
1994 102 102 #1,521
1993 119 119 #1,374
1992 153 153 #1,149
1991 162 162 #1,108
1990 198 198 #951
1989 250 6 256 #775
1988 355 11 366 #576
1987 138 138 #1,099
1986 122 122 #1,163
1985 125 125 #1,143
1984 107 107 #1,216
1983 103 103 #1,231
1982 125 5 130 #1,127
1981 127 127 #1,094
1980 109 109 #1,207
1979 112 112 #1,179
1978 120 120 #1,087
1977 120 120 #1,080
1976 163 163 #840
1975 156 156 #860
1974 179 179 #772
1973 236 236 #639
1972 218 218 #678
1971 411 411 #478
1970 517 517 #428
1969 566 566 #400
1968 670 6 676 #337
1967 741 9 750 #320
1966 823 8 831 #308
1965 916 916 #291
1964 1,102 1,102 #272
1963 1,059 1,059 #279
1962 1,199 7 1,206 #260
1961 1,283 5 1,288 #244
1960 1,430 1,430 #224
1959 1,452 1,452 #220
1958 1,565 1,565 #208
1957 1,855 7 1,862 #189
1956 2,061 7 2,068 #176
1955 2,197 12 2,209 #162
1954 2,571 10 2,581 #143
1953 2,673 10 2,683 #135
1952 3,047 12 3,059 #119
1951 3,350 5 3,355 #108
1950 3,451 9 3,460 #102
1949 3,919 14 3,933 #90
1948 4,208 13 4,221 #83
1947 4,811 14 4,825 #78
1946 4,849 18 4,867 #66
1945 4,475 15 4,490 #56
1944 4,666 20 4,686 #53
1943 5,189 20 5,209 #51
1942 5,437 31 5,468 #47
1941 5,229 35 5,264 #45
1940 5,150 23 5,173 #46
1939 5,160 25 5,185 #41
1938 4,652 19 4,671 #45
1937 4,556 18 4,574 #44
1936 4,864 23 4,887 #41
1935 4,818 23 4,841 #40
1934 4,837 20 4,857 #43
1933 4,962 19 4,981 #42
1932 5,332 27 5,359 #42
1931 5,413 28 5,441 #38
1930 5,448 23 5,471 #43
1929 5,334 21 5,355 #43
1928 5,156 19 5,175 #50
1927 4,930 22 4,952 #58
1926 4,812 20 4,832 #54
1925 4,838 14 4,852 #54
1924 4,833 15 4,848 #58
1923 4,712 11 4,723 #58
1922 4,641 11 4,652 #58
1921 4,523 9 4,532 #62
1920 4,265 9 4,274 #60
1919 3,727 12 3,739 #68
1918 3,446 10 3,456 #77
1917 2,897 2,897 #89
1916 2,549 6 2,555 #94
1915 1,866 6 1,872 #108
1914 1,320 1,320 #123
1913 1,058 6 1,064 #121
1912 949 949 #122
1911 627 627 #134
1910 551 551 #148
1909 444 444 #156
1908 362 362 #167
1907 344 344 #169
1906 321 321 #168
1905 259 259 #190
1904 219 219 #204
1903 198 198 #215
1902 156 156 #245
1901 141 141 #243
1900 145 145 #269
1899 130 130 #245
1898 110 110 #296
1897 86 86 #315
1896 86 86 #313
1895 81 81 #321
1894 73 73 #327
1893 56 56 #362
1892 60 60 #341
1891 49 49 #357
1890 27 27 #505
1889 29 29 #466
1888 40 40 #386
1887 16 16 #577
1886 25 25 #437
1885 19 19 #497
1884 18 18 #497
1883 15 15 #510
1882 12 12 #552
1881 11 11 #529
1880 7 7 #700