Geraldine
About Geraldine
Though twin brother Gerald is still in baby name limbo, Geraldine is in line to follow the path of Josephine to imminent revival—even though Gerry is not as spunky a nickname as Josie.
Geraldine was at its hottest from the 1910s through the forties, peaking at Number 38 in 1931. It was invented in the time of Henry VIII by a noble poet who fell in love with a Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald and, taking off from her surname, referred to her as the "Faire Geraldine."
Geraldine has the distinction of being the name of the first woman to be a major party vice presidential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro. Other notable bearers include actors Fitzgerald, Chaplin, and Page, and Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.
Trivia notes: Geraldine is the middle name of Ramona Quimby. And Geraldine was the name of the sassy female character played by Flip Wilson on his popular TV variety show.
Pronounced jer-AL-deen.
As of October 2026, Geraldine ranked #2447 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #38 in 1931, Nameberry popularity #889.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
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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Geraldine on lists
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