Jeraldine
Jeraldine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 529th, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1942188 births
- Best rank
- #529in 1939
- Since 1909
- 4,345people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,345 girls have been named Jeraldine in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 188 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 188 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1940s alone account for 28%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jeraldine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 225 | |
| 1920s | 716 | |
| 1930s | 955 | |
| 1940s | 1,226 | |
| 1950s | 547 | |
| 1960s | 253 | |
| 1970s | 61 | |
| 1980s | 51 | |
| 1990s | 73 | |
| 2000s | 113 | |
| 2010s | 101 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Jeraldine was the 540th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Jeraldine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gearldinepeak 1935
- Jerlinepeak 1940
- Earlenepeak 1947
- Earnestinepeak 1944
- Bettyannpeak 1943
- Donnispeak 1948
- Georgenepeak 1947
- Nancyepeak 1944
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.