Gearldine
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #9,652 · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 165 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,686since 1908
Gearldine over time
Rank among girls' names. Gearldine has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,442 | 54 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,241 | 70 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,108 | 79 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,054 | 84 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,059 | 79 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,063 | 76 | — | |
| 1950 | #900 | 97 | — | |
| 1949 | #862 | 103 | — | |
| 1948 | #790 | 118 | — | |
| 1947 | #787 | 121 | — | |
| 1946 | #716 | 127 | — | |
| 1945 | #641 | 130 | — | |
| 1944 | #663 | 124 | — | |
| 1943 | #632 | 144 | — | |
| 1942 | #591 | 157 | — | |
| 1941 | #624 | 129 | — | |
| 1940 | #550 | 156 | — | |
| 1939 | #553 | 146 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #570 | 144 | — | |
| 1937 | #590 | 131 | — | |
| 1936 | #554 | 138 | — | |
| 1935 | #491 | 165 | — | |
| 1934 | #556 | 134 | — | |
| 1933 | #526 | 146 | — | |
| 1932 | #616 | 115 | — | |
| 1931 | #631 | 110 | — | |
| 1930 | #626 | 122 | — | |
| 1929 | #661 | 111 | — | |
| 1928 | #703 | 100 | — | |
| 1927 | #638 | 126 | — | |
| 1926 | #713 | 104 | — | |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 | — | |
| 1924 | #768 | 94 | — | |
| 1923 | #901 | 66 | — | |
| 1922 | #897 | 66 | — | |
| 1921 | #919 | 65 | — | |
| 1920 | #880 | 68 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,090 | 45 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gearldine! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gearldine is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#430 · 1 in 3,828
- Alabama#494 · 1 in 5,236
- Virginia#519 · 1 in 6,889
- Louisiana#648 · 1 in 7,876
- North Carolina#667 · 1 in 10,355
Best ever in a state: #194 in Kentucky, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #430 | 7 | 1 in 3,828 |
| Alabama | #494 | 7 | 1 in 5,236 |
| Virginia | #519 | 6 | 1 in 6,889 |
| Louisiana | #648 | 5 | 1 in 7,876 |
| North Carolina | #667 | 5 | 1 in 10,355 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gearldine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
- Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1920 (#1,090 → #880)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1951 (#900 → #1,063)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1935 at #491 (165 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1920–1950
- Highest: 1 in 6,355 girls born in 1935 were named Gearldine (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,629 girls born in 1977 (0.00%)
- 28.8% of all girls named Gearldine (1,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 196 | #1,090 (1919) | #1,648 |
| 1920s | 884 | #638 (1927) | #789 |
| 1930s | 1,351 | #491 (1935) | #571 |
| 1940s | 1,309 | #550 (1940) | #686 |
| 1950s | 670 | #900 (1950) | #1,271 |
| 1960s | 247 | #1,811 (1960) | #2,827 |
| 1970s | 24 | #5,061 (1970) | #6,752 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gearldine in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
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2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 28,681 of them was named Gearldine, which outranked 82.0% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,237Herlinda71
- #1,237Luisa71
- #1,237Maude71
- #1,241Gearldine70
- #1,241Arnita70
- #1,241Cherlyn70
- #1,241Edward70
- #1,249Alene69
- #1,249Carolee69
- #1,249Flossie69
Tied with 7 names at #1,241; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.