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.

Gerilyn

#8,977 most common girls' name of all time · #15,008 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1942–2001

Rank among girls
#8,977
Rank overall
#15,008 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
689
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1959 #1,978
Best rank
#1,978 1959
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
196019802000

Gerilyn first appears in 1942. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2001 7 — 7 #12,275
1996 5 — 5 #13,854
1992 7 — 7 #10,686
1990 7 — 7 #10,415
1989 7 — 7 #9,909
1988 7 — 7 #9,468
1987 9 — 9 #7,509
1986 6 — 6 #9,849
1985 9 — 9 #7,101
1984 6 — 6 #9,408
1983 10 — 10 #6,359
1982 10 — 10 #6,500
1981 7 — 7 #8,359
1979 6 — 6 #9,278
1978 5 — 5 #10,113
1977 6 — 6 #8,756
1976 10 — 10 #5,759
1975 8 — 8 #6,691
1974 9 — 9 #5,933
1973 8 — 8 #6,285
1972 22 — 22 #3,020
1971 13 — 13 #4,398
1970 12 — 12 #4,611
1969 11 — 11 #4,554
1968 15 — 15 #3,531
1967 19 — 19 #2,925
1966 20 — 20 #2,799
1965 32 — 32 #2,091
1964 31 — 31 #2,181
1963 33 — 33 #2,082
1962 25 — 25 #2,449
1961 27 — 27 #2,337
1960 29 — 29 #2,180
1959 33 — 33 #1,978
1958 28 — 28 #2,151
1957 28 — 28 #2,112
1956 24 — 24 #2,307
1955 27 — 27 #2,101
1954 18 — 18 #2,681
1953 17 — 17 #2,682
1952 10 — 10 #3,757
1951 6 — 6 #5,245
1950 12 — 12 #3,203
1949 7 — 7 #4,577
1947 8 — 8 #4,294
1946 5 — 5 #5,520
1944 8 — 8 #3,667
1943 5 — 5 #5,272
1942 15 — 15 #2,414