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Geraldo

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Geraldo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 892nd, in 1988.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of boys
Peak year
1988115 births
Best rank
#892in 1988
Since 1948
2,390people given the name
Babies named Geraldo, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,390 boys have been named Geraldo in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 115 births.

The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 115 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 26%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Geraldo
1940s5
1950s81
1960s242
1970s413
1980s624
1990s567
2000s287
2010s129
2020s42

In 1988, its biggest year

Geraldo was the 892nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.

Names that rose and fell with Geraldo

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.