Geralyn

Girl · recorded 1929–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1956best year

Most popular in 1956.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Geralyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1929

08617219291953197720002024

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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 85 recorded years as a table
Geralyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19294
19325
19345
193511
19369
193711
19389
193910
19406
19416
194212
194311
194410
194515
194614
19479
194816
194919
195050
195157
1952102
1953116
1954112
1955149
1956172
1957156
1958147
1959158
1960124
1961141
1962123
1963109
196484
196565
196659
196754
196840
196931
197021
197121
197214
197315
197416
197512
19768
197714
197814
197912
198016
198116
19828
198310
198410
198512
198615
198711
198810
198910
19905
19917
19927
19937
19947
19957
19967
19976
19985
19996
20007
20014
20033
20049
20055
20065
20074
20083
20093
20104
20127
20133
20143
20175
20183
20195
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Geralyn 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1929
4,875

Geralyn was last recorded in 2024. 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 1956, at 172 per million girls born.

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

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