Geraldine was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #38 in 1931 but is far less common today.
Geraldine is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,447 for girl births in the United States (and #4,366 across all names), given to 73 babies. Geraldine was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1930 (5,448 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | 73 | #2,447 | — |
| 2024 | 98 | 98 | #2,004 | — |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | #1,599 | — |
| 2022 | 131 | 131 | #1,617 | — |
| 2021 | 132 | 132 | #1,590 | — |
| 2020 | 98 | 98 | #1,952 | — |
| 2019 | 147 | 147 | #1,490 | — |
| 2018 | 121 | 121 | #1,713 | — |
| 2017 | 132 | 132 | #1,637 | — |
| 2016 | 140 | 140 | #1,583 | — |
| 2015 | 130 | 130 | #1,648 | — |
| 2014 | 158 | 158 | #1,442 | — |
| 2013 | 163 | 168 | #1,406 | — |
| 2012 | 254 | 254 | #995 | — |
| 2011 | 265 | 271 | #967 | — |
| 2010 | 209 | 214 | #1,162 | — |
| 2009 | 202 | 208 | #1,231 | — |
| 2008 | 165 | 170 | #1,431 | — |
| 2007 | 137 | 144 | #1,625 | — |
| 2006 | 144 | 155 | #1,522 | — |
| 2005 | 165 | 182 | #1,331 | — |
| 2004 | 186 | 197 | #1,202 | — |
| 2003 | 127 | 137 | #1,529 | — |
| 2002 | 92 | 99 | #1,923 | — |
| 2001 | 104 | 110 | #1,730 | — |
| 2000 | 95 | 95 | #1,822 | — |
| 1999 | 82 | 87 | #1,921 | — |
| 1998 | 94 | 100 | #1,693 | — |
| 1997 | 83 | — | #1,807 | — |
| 1996 | 90 | — | #1,692 | — |
| 1995 | 115 | — | #1,421 | — |
| 1994 | 102 | — | #1,525 | — |
| 1993 | 119 | — | #1,378 | — |
| 1992 | 153 | — | #1,149 | — |
| 1991 | 162 | — | #1,110 | — |
| 1990 | 198 | — | #951 | — |
| 1989 | 256 | — | #777 | #7,306 |
| 1988 | 366 | — | #576 | #4,272 |
| 1987 | 138 | — | #1,101 | — |
| 1986 | 122 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1985 | 125 | — | #1,143 | — |
| 1984 | 107 | — | #1,220 | — |
| 1983 | 103 | — | #1,234 | — |
| 1982 | 130 | — | #1,128 | #6,698 |
| 1981 | 127 | — | #1,094 | — |
| 1980 | 109 | — | #1,209 | — |
| 1979 | 112 | — | #1,179 | — |
| 1978 | 120 | — | #1,090 | — |
| 1977 | 120 | — | #1,081 | — |
| 1976 | 163 | — | #840 | — |
| 1975 | 156 | — | #859 | — |
| 1974 | 179 | — | #773 | — |
| 1973 | 236 | — | #639 | — |
| 1972 | 218 | — | #679 | — |
| 1971 | 411 | — | #478 | — |
| 1970 | 517 | — | #426 | — |
| 1969 | 566 | — | #400 | — |
| 1968 | 676 | — | #337 | #3,861 |
| 1967 | 750 | — | #320 | #2,849 |
| 1966 | 831 | — | #308 | #3,078 |
| 1965 | 916 | — | #291 | — |
| 1964 | 1,102 | — | #272 | — |
| 1963 | 1,059 | — | #279 | — |
| 1962 | 1,206 | — | #260 | #3,423 |
| 1961 | 1,288 | — | #244 | #4,278 |
| 1960 | 1,430 | — | #224 | — |
| 1959 | 1,452 | — | #220 | — |
| 1958 | 1,565 | — | #208 | — |
| 1957 | 1,862 | — | #189 | #3,360 |
| 1956 | 2,068 | — | #176 | #3,324 |
| 1955 | 2,209 | — | #162 | #2,352 |
| 1954 | 2,581 | — | #143 | #2,644 |
| 1953 | 2,683 | — | #135 | #2,597 |
| 1952 | 3,059 | — | #119 | #2,295 |
| 1951 | 3,355 | — | #108 | #3,905 |
| 1950 | 3,460 | — | #102 | #2,649 |
| 1949 | 3,933 | — | #90 | #2,059 |
| 1948 | 4,221 | — | #83 | #2,153 |
| 1947 | 4,825 | — | #78 | #2,109 |
| 1946 | 4,867 | — | #66 | #1,714 |
| 1945 | 4,490 | — | #56 | #1,809 |
| 1944 | 4,686 | — | #53 | #1,548 |
| 1943 | 5,209 | — | #51 | #1,601 |
| 1942 | 5,468 | — | #47 | #1,257 |
| 1941 | 5,264 | — | #45 | #1,116 |
| 1940 | 5,173 | — | #46 | #1,416 |
| 1939 | 5,185 | — | #41 | #1,338 |
| 1938 | 4,671 | — | #45 | #1,579 |
| 1937 | 4,574 | — | #44 | #1,657 |
| 1936 | 4,887 | — | #41 | #1,398 |
| 1935 | 4,841 | — | #40 | #1,435 |
| 1934 | 4,857 | — | #43 | #1,579 |
| 1933 | 4,981 | — | #42 | #1,609 |
| 1932 | 5,359 | — | #42 | #1,337 |
| 1931 | 5,441 | — | #38 | #1,315 |
| 1930 | 5,471 | — | #43 | #1,546 |
| 1929 | 5,355 | — | #43 | #1,633 |
| 1928 | 5,175 | — | #50 | #1,787 |
| 1927 | 4,952 | — | #58 | #1,663 |
| 1926 | 4,832 | — | #54 | #1,752 |
| 1925 | 4,852 | — | #54 | #2,238 |
| 1924 | 4,848 | — | #58 | #2,161 |
| 1923 | 4,723 | — | #58 | #2,677 |
| 1922 | 4,652 | — | #58 | #2,685 |
| 1921 | 4,532 | — | #62 | #3,076 |
| 1920 | 4,274 | — | #60 | #3,057 |
| 1919 | 3,739 | — | #68 | #2,418 |
| 1918 | 3,456 | — | #77 | #2,763 |
| 1917 | 2,897 | — | #89 | — |
| 1916 | 2,555 | — | #94 | #3,648 |
| 1915 | 1,872 | — | #108 | #3,568 |
| 1914 | 1,320 | — | #123 | — |
| 1913 | 1,064 | — | #121 | #2,614 |
| 1912 | 949 | — | #122 | — |
| 1911 | 627 | — | #134 | — |
| 1910 | 551 | — | #148 | — |
| 1909 | 444 | — | #156 | — |
| 1908 | 362 | — | #167 | — |
| 1907 | 344 | — | #169 | — |
| 1906 | 321 | — | #168 | — |
| 1905 | 259 | — | #190 | — |
| 1904 | 219 | — | #204 | — |
| 1903 | 198 | — | #214 | — |
| 1902 | 156 | — | #245 | — |
| 1901 | 141 | — | #243 | — |
| 1900 | 145 | — | #269 | — |
| 1899 | 130 | — | #245 | — |
| 1898 | 110 | — | #296 | — |
| 1897 | 86 | — | #313 | — |
| 1896 | 86 | — | #313 | — |
| 1895 | 81 | — | #320 | — |
| 1894 | 73 | — | #326 | — |
| 1893 | 56 | — | #360 | — |
| 1892 | 60 | — | #339 | — |
| 1891 | 49 | — | #355 | — |
| 1890 | 27 | — | #501 | — |
| 1889 | 29 | — | #458 | — |
| 1888 | 40 | — | #382 | — |
| 1887 | 16 | — | #569 | — |
| 1886 | 25 | — | #433 | — |
| 1885 | 19 | — | #491 | — |
| 1884 | 18 | — | #487 | — |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #504 | — |
| 1882 | 12 | — | #543 | — |
| 1881 | 11 | — | #519 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #700 | — |