Geralda
Geralda is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Geralda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Geralda is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Geralda
Geralda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1925, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 11 births, good for #2,859 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Geraldas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1983 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 66 Geraldas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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About the name Geralda
Geralda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 66 births in the dataset. Geralda's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #2,859. Use the chart and map above to compare Geralda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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