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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gearldine

Gearldine was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 491st with 165 babies. More babies were named Gearldine in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1935165 babies
Total since 1880
4,691babies recorded

Gearldine popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1939.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#5,16710
1960#1,81739
1950#90297
1940#552156
1930#627122
1920#88268
1910#2,2436
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gearldine, counting every spelling?

Gearldine has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Gearldine?

About 1,800 people born in the US named Gearldine are alive today, with a median age of 78; half are between 72 and 84. That makes Gearldine a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Gearldine by state

How common Gearldine was among girls born in each state in 1933–1937, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (3.9×), Arkansas (3.9×), Oklahoma (3.4×), West Virginia (3.1×), Tennessee (2.8×). In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMO0.16Kentucky: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesKY0.54West Virginia: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesWV0.43Virginia: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesVA0.17Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesAR0.54Tennessee: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesTN0.38North Carolina: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesNC0.33South Carolina: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesSC0.22District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesOK0.46Louisiana: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesLA0.20Mississippi: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMS0.16Alabama: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesAL0.20Georgia: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesGA0.38Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesTX0.11Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gearldine, girls, 1933–1937. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Gearldine

How popular is the name Gearldine?

Gearldine was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 491st with 165 babies. More babies were named Gearldine in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Gearldine a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 4,686 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Gearldine most popular?

In 1933–1937, Gearldine was most common in Kentucky (0.54 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Oklahoma.