Geraldine
About Geraldine
The name Geraldine peaked for girls at #38 in 1931. The name is most popular in Utah, California, and Texas. Geraldine is occasionally used for boys in 1989.
3 syllables.
As of September 2026, Geraldine ranked #2447 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #38 in 1931, Nameberry popularity #731.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,441 | 158 | 88.4 |
| 2015 | #1,648 | 130 | 72.8 |
| 2016 | #1,583 | 140 | 79 |
| 2017 | #1,637 | 132 | 76.5 |
| 2018 | #1,711 | 121 | 71.1 |
| 2019 | #1,489 | 147 | 87.6 |
| 2020 | #1,947 | 98 | 60.6 |
| 2021 | #1,589 | 132 | 80.4 |
| 2022 | #1,614 | 131 | 79.9 |
| 2023 | #1,599 | 131 | 81.6 |
| 2024 | #2,013 | 97 | 59.9 |
| 2025 | #2,447 | 73 | 45.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Geraldines
- Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga Mária Apponyi de Nagy
Appony, Queen consort of Zog of Albania
- Geraldine Brooks
Australian,American novelist
- Geraldine Leigh Chaplin
American,British actress, daughter of Charlie Chaplin
- (Alice) Geraldine Farrar
American operatic soprano and actress
- Geraldine Anne Ferrarro
first American woman vice presidential candidate
- Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald
Irish,American actress
- Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell aka Ginger Spice
singer of English group Spice Girls
- Geraldine Hunt
American R&B singer
- Geraldine James
English actress
- Geraldine Jane Kemper
Dutch actress
- Geraldine McEwan
English actress
- Geraldine Sue Page
American actress
- Geraldine Pailhas
French actress
- Geraldine Brooks
American actress
- Geraldine Ann "Geri" Jewell
American actress
- (Annie) Geraldine Ulmar
American singer and actress
- Audre Geraldine Lorde
Caribbean,American writer and activist
- The Fair Geraldine aka Elizabeth FitzGerald
Countess of Lincoln
- Geraldine Viswanathan
Australian Actress
Geraldine in pop culture
- Geraldine McQueen
fictional singer played by Peter Kay
- Boadicea Geraldine "Gerry" Granger
character on TV's "Vicar of Dibley"
- Geraldine
beloved of Jack Wilton in "The Unfortunate Traveller: or, the Life of Jack Wilton" (1594) by Thomas Nashe
- Geraldine
character in Coleridge's poem "Christabel" (1797,1801)
- Ramona Geraldine Quimby
character in novels by Beverly Clearly
- Geraldine
character in "Jemima J"
- Geraldine
samurai sword on TV's "Lost Girl"
- Geraldine Raymond
character in "Anne of Windy Poplars" by L.M. Montgomery
- "Geraldine
" song by Glasvegas
- "Geraldine
" an opera by Michael William Balfe
- "Geraldine and John
" song by Joe Jackson
- Geraldine Waxelplax
a character in the Nickelodeon cartoon "The Fairly OddParents"
- Geraldine Grundy
character from "Riverdale"
- Helga Geraldine Pataki
character on "Hey Arnold"
- Geraldine Grus
character in the Zodiac Academy series
Variations & nicknames
- GeraldaSpanish
- GeraldinaSpanish
- GiraldaItalian
- GerhardineGerman
- GearóidinIrish Gaelic
More nicknames
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