Geralyn

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1956 · 346 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,875
since 1929

Geralyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Geralyn has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #505, 1956girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#13,4776
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2020—
2019#11,3568
2018#15,6825
2017#10,6899
2016—
2015—
2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
2012#9,10912
2011—
2010#13,4487
2009#15,2426
2008#17,5045
2007#13,9247
2006#10,61110
2005#10,12810
2004#7,07716
2003#13,8446
2002—
2001#12,0567
2000#8,02712
1999#8,80510
1998#10,1228
1997#8,33410
1996#7,13012
1995#7,04112
1994#7,09712
1993#6,62213
1992#6,65213
1991#6,25314
1990#8,5019
1989#4,84818
1988#4,84017
1987#4,28319
1986#3,45925
1985#3,85221
1984#4,47816
1983#4,47616
1982#5,20913
1981#3,25326
1980#3,21526
1979#3,90319
1978#3,38822
1977#3,36622
1976#5,21511
1975#3,77417
1974#3,00823
1973#3,01522
1972#2,97622
1971#2,24735
1970#2,20336
1969#1,64853
1968#1,38765
1967#1,10389
1966#1,05099
1965#952115
1964#829160
1963#703210
1962#650241
1961#596285
1960#639250
1959#544320
1958#572295
1957#537318
1956#505346
1955#537292
1954#616217
1953#599218
1952#644190
1951#891103
1950#97886
1949#1,62733
1948#1,77828
1947#2,53016
1946#1,97022
1945#1,87420
1944#2,51113
1943#2,25116
1942#2,21416
1941#3,5597
1940#3,5037
1939#2,59211
1938#2,73010
1937#2,44812
1936#2,8579
1935#2,43912
1934#4,2865
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1929#4,5705
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five girls were named Geralyn! It came in at #4,570, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1929–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Geralyn is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #406 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,878 girlsMNIllinois: #422 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,530 girlsILWisconsin: #187 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsWIMichigan: #291 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,786 girlsMINew York: #573 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,085 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedINOhio: #616 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,874 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #489 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,103 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #795 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 13,135 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #284 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,583 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #309 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,090 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Geralyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#187 · 1 in 1,603
  2. Missouri#284 · 1 in 2,583
  3. Michigan#291 · 1 in 2,786
  4. Louisiana#309 · 1 in 2,090
  5. Minnesota#406 · 1 in 5,878

Best ever in a state: #187 in Wisconsin, 1952.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#187251 in 1,603
Missouri#284161 in 2,583
Michigan#291291 in 2,786
Louisiana#309171 in 2,090
Minnesota#40661 in 5,878
Illinois#422171 in 5,530
New Jersey#48961 in 8,103
New York#573171 in 9,085
Ohio#61681 in 11,874
California#795101 in 13,135
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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 Geralyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 649 spots in 1950 (#1,627 → #978)
  • Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1964 (#703 → #829)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 1956 at #505 (346 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1950–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,803
  • Highest: 1 in 5,803 girls born in 1956 were named Geralyn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 48.9% of all girls named Geralyn (2,385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,570 (1929)#4,570
1930s64#2,439 (1935)#3,109
1940s178#1,627 (1949)#2,382
1950s2,385#505 (1956)#642
1960s1,567#596 (1961)#956
1970s229#2,203 (1970)#3,310
1980s197#3,215 (1980)#4,191
1990s113#6,253 (1991)#7,656
2000s79#7,077 (2004)#12,046
2010s52#9,109 (2012)#13,056
2020s6#13,477 (2024)#13,477

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.

Geralyn in 1952

girls
#644
190 births · 1 in 9,760 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #644Geralyn190
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 9,760 of them was named Geralyn, which outranked 89.9% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Geralyn
  1. #639Robert193
  2. #642Caren191
  3. #642Debbra191
  4. #644Geralyn190
  5. #644Leigh190
  6. #644Leola190
  7. #644Michael190
  8. #648Eve189
  9. #648Millie189
  10. #650Annmarie188

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1952 →