Geroldine

Peak · girls
1938 · 6 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
79
since 1915

Geroldine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Geroldine has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,847, 1938girls
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Geroldine! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Geroldine is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Geroldine in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Geroldine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1950
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1938 at #3,847 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 171,572
  • Highest: 1 in 171,572 girls born in 1922 were named Geroldine (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,509 girls born in 1950 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,847 in 1938, was only 1 in 183,909 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 31.6% of all girls named Geroldine (25) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#4,274 (1915)#4,542
1920s25#4,011 (1922)#4,346
1930s22#3,847 (1938)#4,090
1940s16#4,349 (1940)#4,578
1950s6#4,738 (1950)#4,738

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.

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