Jeraldine

Peak · girls
1939 · 159 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,345
since 1909

Jeraldine over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1900192019401960198020002020peak #526, 1939girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#15,2935
2023—
2022#13,5926
2021—
2020#13,4536
2019—
2018#12,4647
2017#11,6158
2016#14,3316
2015#9,48111
2014#10,12910
2013#9,61211
2012#9,10912
2011#6,56419
2010#7,21717
2009#9,97511
2008#8,10915
2007#9,00713
2006#7,86815
2005#9,45211
2004#8,25913
2003#5,58621
2002#12,1877
2001—
2000#11,8017
1999#12,6886
1998#10,1228
1997#9,0179
1996#13,5185
1995#11,7836
1994#9,5868
1993#8,7199
1992#8,7349
1991#9,3368
1990#12,9585
1989#6,53112
1988#3,89323
1987—
1986—
1985#10,6775
1984#9,1446
1983—
1982#10,5175
1981—
1980—
1979#7,3138
1978—
1977—
1976—
1975—
1974#7,6806
1973#7,4356
1972#8,2925
1971#3,16621
1970#3,87215
1969#3,19918
1968#2,70822
1967#2,49224
1966#2,40725
1965#3,05017
1964#2,19530
1963#2,21129
1962#2,21029
1961#2,29927
1960#2,01332
1959#2,10829
1958#1,82036
1957#1,50750
1956#1,69339
1955#1,61740
1954#1,34455
1953#1,16469
1952#1,08875
1951#1,07874
1950#1,01880
1949#862103
1948#95084
1947#870102
1946#776112
1945#741101
1944#715111
1943#573174
1942#540188
1941#628127
1940#632124
1939#526159
1938#71093
1937#74683
1936#73382
1935#72386
1934#71087
1933#78072
1932#650106
1931#70889
1930#69598
1929#86168
1928#73693
1927#72399
1926#78385
1925#88570
1924#93466
1923#83876
1922#1,05951
1921#1,01055
1920#1,02153
1919#96754
1918#97754
1917#1,12640
1916#1,29831
1915#2,14314
1914#1,34422
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1912#1,84410
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1909#1,7637
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Jeraldine! It came in at #1,763, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jeraldine is popular in 2025

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

See more about Jeraldine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 221 spots in 1923
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1950
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1939 at #526 (159 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1923–1949
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,897
  • Highest: 1 in 6,897 girls born in 1939 were named Jeraldine (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 28.2% of all girls named Jeraldine (1,226) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s7#1,763 (1909)#1,763
1910s225#967 (1919)#1,386
1920s716#723 (1927)#885
1930s955#526 (1939)#698
1940s1,226#540 (1942)#729
1950s547#1,018 (1950)#1,444
1960s253#2,013 (1960)#2,478
1970s61#3,166 (1971)#6,293
1980s51#3,893 (1988)#8,152
1990s73#8,719 (1993)#10,646
2000s113#5,586 (2003)#9,138
2010s101#6,564 (2011)#10,058
2020s17#13,453 (2020)#14,113

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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