Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Geraldine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Geraldine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1930

Peak rank proxy

5,448

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19302024

Peak year

1930

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

All-time

211,273

Geraldine once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1930, when 5,448 girls were named Geraldine.

In 2024, only 97 girls were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 211,273 Americans have been named Geraldine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

19305,448 girls named Geraldine

202497 girls named Geraldine

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