Geraldine
Girl · Germanic
Geraldine is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “one of the Fitzgeralds”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,438th for girls in the US (73 babies).
What does Geraldine mean?
Germanic
“one of the Fitzgeralds”
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Geraldine a girl's or a boy's name?
Geraldine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 73 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Geraldine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Geraldine, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Geraldine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#98) and 1954 (#78).
Geraldine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 27 | #878 |
How popular is Geraldine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,438among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were named Geraldine, making it the 2,438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 1930, with 5,448 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Geraldine than any year since 1894.
Half of all the girls named Geraldine in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Geraldine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2024 | 98 | #1,997 |
| 2023 | 131 | #1,595 |
| 2022 | 131 | #1,612 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 147 | #1,490 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,710 |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,636 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,580 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 158 | #1,436 |
| 2013 | 163 | #1,403 |
| 2012 | 254 | #994 |
| 2011 | 265 | #965 |
| 2010 | 209 | #1,160 |
| 2009 | 202 | #1,231 |
| 2008 | 165 | #1,431 |
| 2007 | 137 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 144 | #1,522 |
| 2005 | 165 | #1,328 |
| 2004 | 186 | #1,200 |
| 2003 | 127 | #1,525 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 104 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,813 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,799 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,683 |
| 1995 | 115 | #1,416 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,517 |
| 1993 | 119 | #1,372 |
| 1992 | 153 | #1,147 |
| 1991 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1990 | 198 | #948 |
| 1989 | 250 | #773 |
| 1988 | 355 | #576 |
| 1987 | 138 | #1,098 |
| 1986 | 122 | #1,163 |
| 1985 | 125 | #1,143 |
| 1984 | 107 | #1,216 |
| 1983 | 103 | #1,230 |
| 1982 | 125 | #1,126 |
| 1981 | 127 | #1,093 |
| 1980 | 109 | #1,206 |
| 1979 | 112 | #1,178 |
| 1978 | 120 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 163 | #840 |
| 1975 | 156 | #859 |
| 1974 | 179 | #772 |
| 1973 | 236 | #638 |
| 1972 | 218 | #678 |
| 1971 | 411 | #478 |
| 1970 | 517 | #426 |
| 1969 | 566 | #400 |
| 1968 | 670 | #337 |
| 1967 | 741 | #320 |
| 1966 | 823 | #308 |
| 1965 | 916 | #291 |
| 1964 | 1,102 | #272 |
| 1963 | 1,059 | #279 |
| 1962 | 1,199 | #260 |
| 1961 | 1,283 | #244 |
| 1960 | 1,430 | #224 |
| 1959 | 1,452 | #220 |
| 1958 | 1,565 | #208 |
| 1957 | 1,855 | #189 |
| 1956 | 2,061 | #176 |
| 1955 | 2,197 | #162 |
| 1954 | 2,571 | #143 |
| 1953 | 2,673 | #135 |
| 1952 | 3,047 | #119 |
| 1951 | 3,350 | #108 |
| 1950 | 3,451 | #102 |
| 1949 | 3,919 | #90 |
| 1948 | 4,208 | #83 |
| 1947 | 4,811 | #78 |
| 1946 | 4,849 | #66 |
| 1945 | 4,475 | #56 |
| 1944 | 4,666 | #53 |
| 1943 | 5,189 | #51 |
| 1942 | 5,437 | #47 |
| 1941 | 5,229 | #45 |
| 1940 | 5,150 | #46 |
| 1939 | 5,160 | #41 |
| 1938 | 4,652 | #45 |
| 1937 | 4,556 | #44 |
| 1936 | 4,864 | #41 |
| 1935 | 4,818 | #40 |
| 1934 | 4,837 | #43 |
| 1933 | 4,962 | #42 |
| 1932 | 5,332 | #42 |
| 1931 | 5,413 | #38 |
| 1930 | 5,448 | #43 |
| 1929 | 5,334 | #43 |
| 1928 | 5,156 | #50 |
| 1927 | 4,930 | #58 |
| 1926 | 4,812 | #54 |
| 1925 | 4,838 | #54 |
| 1924 | 4,833 | #58 |
| 1923 | 4,712 | #58 |
| 1922 | 4,641 | #58 |
| 1921 | 4,523 | #62 |
| 1920 | 4,265 | #60 |
| 1919 | 3,727 | #68 |
| 1918 | 3,446 | #77 |
| 1917 | 2,897 | #89 |
| 1916 | 2,549 | #94 |
| 1915 | 1,866 | #108 |
| 1914 | 1,320 | #123 |
| 1913 | 1,058 | #121 |
| 1912 | 949 | #122 |
| 1911 | 627 | #134 |
| 1910 | 551 | #148 |
| 1909 | 444 | #156 |
| 1908 | 362 | #167 |
| 1907 | 344 | #169 |
| 1906 | 321 | #168 |
| 1905 | 259 | #190 |
| 1904 | 219 | #204 |
| 1903 | 198 | #214 |
| 1902 | 156 | #244 |
| 1901 | 141 | #242 |
| 1900 | 145 | #269 |
| 1899 | 130 | #244 |
| 1898 | 110 | #295 |
| 1897 | 86 | #312 |
| 1896 | 86 | #312 |
| 1895 | 81 | #320 |
| 1894 | 73 | #326 |
| 1893 | 56 | #360 |
| 1892 | 60 | #338 |
| 1891 | 49 | #355 |
| 1890 | 27 | #499 |
| 1889 | 29 | #454 |
| 1888 | 40 | #380 |
| 1887 | 16 | #560 |
| 1886 | 25 | #432 |
| 1885 | 19 | #484 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 15 | #499 |
| 1882 | 12 | #530 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
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