Meaning and history
Feminine form of Gerald, this name was coined by the poet Henry Howard for a 1537 sonnet honoring Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, whom he called the Geraldine.
20062006: 144 births, rank #1,522
2007: 137 births, rank #1,621
2008: 165 births, rank #1,431
2009: 202 births, rank #1,231
2010: 209 births, rank #1,160
20112011: 265 births, rank #965
2012: 254 births, rank #994
2013: 163 births, rank #1,403
2014: 158 births, rank #1,436
2015: 130 births, rank #1,643
20162016: 140 births, rank #1,580
2017: 132 births, rank #1,636
2018: 121 births, rank #1,710
2019: 147 births, rank #1,490
2020: 98 births, rank #1,948
20212021: 132 births, rank #1,584
2022: 131 births, rank #1,612
2023: 131 births, rank #1,595
2024: 98 births, rank #1,997
20252025: 73 births, rank #2,438
Geraldine moved from #967 to #995 for girls between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 1930, with 5,448 births.