Gearldine

Girl · recorded 1908–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gearldine.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1908

07915719081925194319601977

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 64 recorded years as a table
Gearldine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190815
191015
191117
191216
191327
191422
191521
191620
191725
191822
191940
192057
192153
192255
192355
192475
192569
192688
1927106
192887
192999
1930108
1931103
1932108
1933145
1934128
1935157
1936133
1937123
1938130
1939133
1940136
1941107
1942116
1943103
194493
194599
194681
194768
194869
194960
195057
195142
195243
195345
195441
195525
195635
195726
195820
195921
196019
196117
196219
196316
196412
196514
196612
196710
19689
19694
19706
19715
19773

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gearldine isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Gearldine

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
5
Rank in 1977
#9,652
How rare
1 in 306,629 girls
Since 1908
4,686

Gearldine was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1935, at 157 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gearldine doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.