Geraldine
Geraldine is a feminine form of the first name Gerald. Notable people with the name include:Geraldine Aves (1898–1986), British civil servant Geraldine Brannigan, Irish singer Geraldine Chaplin, American actress Geraldine Connor (1952–2011), British ethnomusicologist, theatre director, composer and performer Geraldine L.
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Meaning & Origin of Geraldine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Geraldine is a feminine form of the first name Gerald. Notable people with the name include:Geraldine Aves (1898–1986), British civil servant Geraldine Brannigan, Irish singer Geraldine Chaplin, American actress Geraldine Connor (1952–2011), British ethnomusicologist, theatre director, composer and performer Geraldine L.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Geraldine
American parents first put Geraldine on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1930, when 5,448 Geraldines were born — ranking #43 that year. About 24% of every Geraldine on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Geraldine ranks #1,814 for baby girls with 111 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 211K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Geraldine
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About the name Geraldine
Geraldine is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 211K births in the dataset. Geraldine's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #38. Use the chart and map above to compare Geraldine'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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