Gerilyn

Girl · recorded 1942–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1965best year

Most popular in 1965.

Last recorded in 2001. 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 Gerilyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1942

091819421957197219862001

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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 49 recorded years as a table
Gerilyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
194211
19434
19446
19463
19475
19494
19507
19513
19525
19539
19549
195514
195612
195714
195814
195916
196014
196113
196213
196317
196416
196518
196612
196712
19689
19697
19707
19718
197214
19735
19746
19755
19767
19774
19783
19794
19814
19826
19836
19844
19855
19863
19875
19884
19894
19904
19924
19963
20014

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gerilyn 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
7
Rank in 2001
#12,056
How rare
1 in 257,232 girls
Since 1942
689

Gerilyn was last recorded in 2001. 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 1965, at 18 per million girls born.

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

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