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How popular is “Geraldine” in the USA?

Number of people named “Geraldine” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Geraldine” 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 “Geraldine” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Geraldine” by birth year

This chart shows how “Geraldine” 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
1880 7 0.000034742 7 100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 40 0.000133568 40 100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 100%
1890 27 0.000089582 27 100%
1891 49 0.000170926 49 100%
1892 60 0.00017944 60 100%
1893 56 0.00017219 56 100%
1894 73 0.000215536 73 100%
1895 81 0.000230756 81 100%
1896 86 0.00024057 86 100%
1897 86 0.000247869 86 100%
1898 110 0.00028837 110 100%
1899 130 0.000383216 130 100%
1900 145 0.000322038 145 100%
1901 141 0.000407736 141 100%
1902 156 0.000403379 156 100%
1903 198 0.000519412 198 100%
1904 219 0.000542771 219 100%
1905 259 0.000610961 259 100%
1906 321 0.000749211 321 100%
1907 344 0.000739165 344 100%
1908 362 0.000740818 362 100%
1909 444 0.000868504 444 100%
1910 551 0.000932774 551 100%
1911 627 0.000973182 627 100%
1912 949 0.000960466 949 100%
1913 1064 0.000935705 1058 6 99%
1914 1320 0.000931977 1320 100%
1915 1872 0.001021596 1866 6 99%
1916 2555 0.001320811 2549 6 100%
1917 2897 0.001443628 2897 100%
1918 3456 0.001591812 3446 10 99%
1919 3739 0.001771832 3727 12 99%
1920 4274 0.001888941 4265 9 100%
1921 4532 0.001941311 4523 9 100%
1922 4652 0.00203219 4641 11 100%
1923 4723 0.002051266 4712 11 100%
1924 4848 0.002035598 4833 15 99%
1925 4852 0.002079457 4838 14 99%
1926 4832 0.002104617 4812 20 99%
1927 4952 0.002135074 4930 22 99%
1928 5175 0.002288873 5156 19 99%
1929 5355 0.002442795 5334 21 99%
1930 5471 0.00246077 5448 23 99%
1931 5441 0.00258555 5413 28 99%
1932 5359 0.002538258 5332 27 99%
1933 4981 0.002491189 4962 19 99%
1934 4857 0.002338676 4837 20 99%
1935 4841 0.002316379 4818 23 99%
1936 4887 0.002352258 4864 23 99%
1937 4574 0.002146743 4556 18 99%
1938 4669 0.002110212 4650 19 99%
1939 5185 0.002353137 5160 25 99%
1940 5173 0.002246508 5150 23 99%
1941 5263 0.002160132 5228 35 99%
1942 5469 0.002001964 5438 31 99%
1943 5209 0.001845488 5189 20 99%
1944 4686 0.001741956 4666 20 99%
1945 4490 0.001692481 4475 15 99%
1946 4867 0.001523171 4849 18 99%
1947 4825 0.001339414 4811 14 99%
1948 4221 0.001222586 4208 13 99%
1949 3933 0.001128623 3919 14 99%
1950 3460 0.000987624 3451 9 99%
1951 3355 0.000910759 3350 5 100%
1952 3059 0.000805423 3047 12 99%
1953 2683 0.000696224 2673 10 99%
1954 2581 0.000648377 2571 10 99%
1955 2209 0.000550176 2197 12 99%
1956 2068 0.000501572 2061 7 99%
1957 1862 0.000443107 1855 7 99%
1958 1565 0.000378577 1565 100%
1959 1452 0.000349207 1452 100%
1960 1430 0.000344262 1430 100%
1961 1287 0.000310697 1282 5 99%
1962 1207 0.000299105 1200 7 99%
1963 1059 0.000267546 1059 100%
1964 1102 0.000283465 1102 100%
1965 916 0.000252658 916 100%
1966 831 0.000239092 823 8 98%
1967 750 0.00022092 741 9 98%
1968 676 0.000200094 670 6 98%
1969 566 0.000162863 566 100%
1970 517 0.000143352 517 100%
1971 411 0.000119743 411 100%
1972 218 0.000069361 218 100%
1973 236 0.000078226 236 100%
1974 179 0.000058882 179 100%
1975 156 0.000051666 156 100%
1976 163 0.000053719 163 100%
1977 120 0.000037777 120 100%
1978 120 0.000037809 120 100%
1979 112 0.000033664 112 100%
1980 109 0.000031645 109 100%
1981 127 0.000036712 127 100%
1982 130 0.000037059 125 5 92%
1983 103 0.00002974 103 100%
1984 107 0.00003067 107 100%
1985 125 0.000035023 125 100%
1986 122 0.000034298 122 100%
1987 138 0.000038274 138 100%
1988 366 0.000099052 355 11 94%
1989 256 0.00006659 250 6 95%
1990 198 0.000050095 198 100%
1991 162 0.000041589 162 100%
1992 153 0.000039831 153 100%
1993 119 0.000031563 119 100%
1994 102 0.000027437 102 100%
1995 115 0.000031402 115 100%
1996 90 0.000024676 90 100%
1997 83 0.000022892 83 100%
1998 94 0.000025556 94 100%
1999 82 0.000022199 82 100%
2000 95 0.000025133 95 100%
2001 104 0.000027782 104 100%
2002 92 0.00002461 92 100%
2003 127 0.000033401 127 100%
2004 186 0.000048679 186 100%
2005 165 0.000042915 165 100%
2006 144 0.000036399 144 100%
2007 137 0.00003427 137 100%
2008 165 0.000041978 165 100%
2009 202 0.000052877 202 100%
2010 209 0.000056552 209 100%
2011 265 0.000072448 265 100%
2012 254 0.000069449 254 100%
2013 163 0.000044711 163 100%
2014 158 0.000042629 158 100%
2015 130 0.000035126 130 100%
2016 140 0.000038161 140 100%
2017 132 0.000036911 132 100%
2018 121 0.000034415 121 100%
2019 147 0.000042352 147 100%
2020 98 0.000029336 98 100%
2021 132 0.000038962 132 100%
2022 131 0.000038721 131 100%
2023 131 0.000039563 131 100%
2024 97 0.000029142 97 100%

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