Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Geraldene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Geraldene” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Geraldene” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Geraldene” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Geraldene” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Geraldene” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Geraldene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Geraldene” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 100%
1929 24 0.000010948 24 100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 100%
1933 25 0.000012503 25 100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 100%
1942 22 0.000008053 22 100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 100%
1945 23 0.00000867 23 100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Geraldene:

  1. Geral
  2. Gerald
  3. Geralda
  4. Geraldean
  5. Geraldeen
  6. Geraldene (this page)
  7. Geraldi
  8. Geraldin
  9. Geraldina
  10. Geraldine
  11. Geraldinne