Jeraldine
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 159 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,345since 1909
Jeraldine over time
Rank among girls' names. Jeraldine has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,164 | 69 |
| 1952 | #1,088 | 75 |
| 1951 | #1,078 | 74 |
| 1950 | #1,018 | 80 |
| 1949 | #862 | 103 |
| 1948 | #950 | 84 |
| 1947 | #870 | 102 |
| 1946 | #776 | 112 |
| 1945 | #741 | 101 |
| 1944 | #715 | 111 |
| 1943 | #573 | 174 |
| 1942 | #540 | 188 |
| 1941 | #628 | 127 |
| 1940 | #632 | 124 |
| 1939 | #526 | 159 |
| 1938 | #710 | 93 |
| 1937 | #746 | 83 |
| 1936 | #733 | 82 |
| 1935 | #723 | 86 |
| 1934 | #710 | 87 |
| 1933 | #780 | 72 |
| 1932 | #650 | 106 |
| 1931 | #708 | 89 |
| 1930 | #695 | 98 |
| 1929 | #861 | 68 |
| 1928 | #736 | 93 |
| 1927 | #723 | 99 |
| 1926 | #783 | 85 |
| 1925 | #885 | 70 |
| 1924 | #934 | 66 |
| 1923 | #838 | 76 |
| 1922 | #1,059 | 51 |
| 1921 | #1,010 | 55 |
| 1920 | #1,021 | 53 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1945
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#364 · 1 in 3,471
- Tennessee#446 · 1 in 5,968
- Georgia#451 · 1 in 5,731
- Illinois#550 · 1 in 8,788
- Texas#590 · 1 in 6,017
Best ever in a state: #193 in Utah, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #364 | 9 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Tennessee | #446 | 5 | 1 in 5,968 |
| Georgia | #451 | 6 | 1 in 5,731 |
| Illinois | #550 | 7 | 1 in 8,788 |
| Texas | #590 | 12 | 1 in 6,017 |
| California | #825 | 6 | 1 in 13,918 |
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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 Jeraldine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 221 spots in 1923 (#1,059 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1950 (#862 → #1,018)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1939 at #526 (159 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1923–1949
- 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%)
- 28.2% of all girls named Jeraldine (1,226) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | #1,763 (1909) | #1,763 |
| 1910s | 225 | #967 (1919) | #1,386 |
| 1920s | 716 | #723 (1927) | #885 |
| 1930s | 955 | #526 (1939) | #698 |
| 1940s | 1,226 | #540 (1942) | #729 |
| 1950s | 547 | #1,018 (1950) | #1,444 |
| 1960s | 253 | #2,013 (1960) | #2,478 |
| 1970s | 61 | #3,166 (1971) | #6,293 |
| 1980s | 51 | #3,893 (1988) | #8,152 |
| 1990s | 73 | #8,719 (1993) | #10,646 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,586 (2003) | #9,138 |
| 2010s | 101 | #6,564 (2011) | #10,058 |
| 2020s | 17 | #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.
Jeraldine in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
More about 1945
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1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 12,941 of them was named Jeraldine, which outranked 85.9% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #737Charmaine102
- #737Nanci102
- #737Selma102
- #741Jeraldine101
- #741Aline101
- #741Allene101
- #741Candice101
- #749Alene100
- #749Beryl100
- #749Fran100
Tied with 7 names at #741; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.