The name Geraldine is a feminine form of Gerald.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Geraldine has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Geraldine
Use of the Name Geraldine for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
205,106
21,598
803
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Geraldine has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Geraldine last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1990, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Geraldine
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
700
7
1881
520
11
1882
543
12
1883
504
15
1884
487
18
1885
491
19
1886
433
25
1887
569
16
1888
382
40
1889
458
29
1890
501
27
1891
355
49
1892
339
60
1893
360
56
1894
326
73
1895
320
81
1896
314
86
1897
313
86
1898
293
111
1899
246
129
1900
269
145
1901
243
141
1902
245
156
1903
214
198
1904
204
219
1905
190
259
1906
168
321
1907
169
344
1908
167
361
1909
157
443
1910
148
549
1911
134
625
1912
122
946
1913
121
1,055
1914
123
1,317
1915
108
1,863
1916
94
2,548
1917
89
2,893
1918
77
3,447
1919
69
3,726
1920
60
4,266
1921
62
4,514
1922
57
4,645
1923
58
4,711
1924
58
4,834
1925
54
4,839
1926
54
4,806
1927
58
4,929
1928
50
5,135
1929
43
5,336
1930
43
5,446
1931
38
5,410
1932
42
5,328
1933
42
4,960
1934
43
4,827
1935
40
4,818
1936
41
4,859
1937
44
4,555
1938
45
4,652
1939
41
5,159
1940
46
5,156
1941
45
5,214
1942
47
5,450
1943
51
5,176
1944
53
4,652
1945
56
4,466
1946
66
4,841
1947
78
4,807
1948
83
4,208
1949
89
3,918
1950
101
3,455
1951
107
3,346
1952
119
3,053
1953
136
2,666
1954
143
2,565
1955
162
2,198
1956
175
2,059
1957
189
1,852
1958
208
1,568
1959
220
1,447
1960
223
1,430
1961
242
1,283
1962
259
1,199
1963
279
1,060
1964
272
1,103
1965
291
914
1966
308
823
1967
320
740
1968
337
673
1969
396
571
1970
428
515
1971
478
407
1972
678
219
1973
638
236
1974
767
181
1975
861
155
1976
845
162
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
578
355
1989
777
249
1990
946
199
Totals:
205,106
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Geraldine as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Geraldine appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 100 times during the last 125 years.