Geraldina

Girls' name

English equivalent of Geraldine

Geraldina has been given to 85 babies in the U.S. since 1950. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1963, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Geraldina, 1997

1 in 725,000

Geraldina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Geraldina: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Geraldine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Geraldina means

Geraldina is a English equivalent of Geraldine.

Origin, language, and formation

Geraldina is used in Italian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Geraldine.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 85 girls were recorded with the name Geraldina between 1950 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1963; its best national rank was #5,427 in 1955.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Geraldina?

Geraldina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1997, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1997: 1 in 725,000; 5 of 3,624,676 births
Among girls only: 1 in 348,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1997: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 502,488 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Geraldina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1997 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 502,488 children born in 1997 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Geraldina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Geraldinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Geraldina was born before 1971 — so the typical Geraldina is around 54 today.

Median birth year: 1971; About 54 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 31.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 38.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 85; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 31.8% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Geraldina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1963 (7)
Years since peak: 62; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,427; 1955

Spellings of Geraldina

Geraldina is not the most common spelling — Geraldine is, with 97.3% against Geraldina's 0.04%.

Geraldine97.3%211,349
Jeraldine2.0%4,345
Geraldene0.35%765
Geraline0.31%675
Geraldina0.04%85

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Geraldina around the world

Where Geraldina ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1966–1974
#2,663
in 1974
South Australia
1963–1972
#722
in 1972

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Geraldina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,427; 1955
Peak year: 1963; 7 that year
First recorded: 1950
Last recorded: 1997
All-time count: 85
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Geraldina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Geraldina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jonna Edie Pennie Nannette Alesia Moira Lolita Lanette

For a brother

Berry Chet Rob Richie Vince Kennedy Tod Blair

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