Geraldo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- heh-RAHL-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Geraldo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear + rule”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Geraldo mean?
Germanic: Portuguese and Spanish form of Gerald
“spear + rule”
Gerald comes from Germanic ger 'spear' and wald 'rule', and was brought to England by the Normans.
Is Geraldo a girl's or a boy's name?
Geraldo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Geraldo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Geraldo, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1988, with 115 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Geraldo in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Geraldo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 64 | #1,472 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 74 | #1,304 |
| 1991 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,125 |
| 1989 | 101 | #1,021 |
| 1988 | 115 | #889 |
| 1987 | 75 | #1,105 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 50 | #1,370 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 50 | #1,324 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,352 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,286 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,289 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,179 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,464 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,339 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
Names like Geraldo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rodrigo Ricardo Alvaro Fernando Gustavo Guillermo Eduardo Alberto Roberto Alonso Armando Orlando
Names related to Geraldo
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Geraldo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/geraldo, updated 20 October 2026.