Masculine dossier · first seen 1948

Geraldo

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1988

Peak rank proxy

115

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1948Peak 19882024

Peak year

1988

Decline from peak

95.7%

2024

All-time

2,390

Geraldo has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1988, when 115 boys were named Geraldo.

In 2024, only 5 boys were given the name.

Down 95.7% from its peak.

All told, about 2,390 Americans have been named Geraldo and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1948.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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