Geralyn
Geralyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 505th, in 1956.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1956346 births
- Best rank
- #505in 1956
- Since 1929
- 4,875people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,875 girls have been named Geralyn in the United States since 1929, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 346 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 346 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 49%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Geralyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 64 | |
| 1940s | 178 | |
| 1950s | 2,385 | |
| 1960s | 1,567 | |
| 1970s | 229 | |
| 1980s | 197 | |
| 1990s | 113 | |
| 2000s | 79 | |
| 2010s | 52 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Geralyn was the 505th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Geralyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Debbypeak 1959
- Kathipeak 1958
- Luannpeak 1954
- Deborapeak 1957
- Pattipeak 1958
- Kathypeak 1958
- Cathypeak 1958
- Debroahpeak 1955
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.