Geraldyn

Girls' name

Possibly spear + might, power, through Geraldine

Geraldyn has been given to 71 babies in the U.S. since 1920. 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 2004, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Geraldyn, 2018

1 in 703,000

Geraldyn 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Geraldyn: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly spear + might, power, through Geraldine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Geraldyn means

Geraldyn belongs to the name family reached through Geraldyn → Geraldine → Gerald. Its meaning is “spear + might, power”.

Origin, language, and formation

Geraldyn is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Geraldine and Gerald.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 71 girls were recorded with the name Geraldyn between 1920 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2004; its best national rank was #3,930 in 1928.

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.

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How common is Geraldyn?

Geraldyn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 703,000; 5 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only: 1 in 340,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 487,541 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Geraldyn 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 2018 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 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Geraldyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Geraldyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Geraldyn was born before 1929 — so the typical Geraldyn is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 50.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 42.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 30; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 50.7% of all recorded uses (36).

Is Geraldyn 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 2004 (8)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,930; 1928

Spellings of Geraldyn

Geraldyn is not the most common spelling — Geraldine is, with 95.0% against Geraldyn's 0.03%.

Geraldine95.0%211,349
Geralyn2.2%4,875
Gerald1.1%2,385
Jeralyn0.60%1,334
Geraldean0.41%916
Geraldene0.34%765
Gerilyn0.31%689
Geraldyn0.03%71

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.

Geraldyn 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: #3,930; 1928
Peak year: 2004; 8 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 71
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Geraldyn

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

Gerriann Gervaise Geraldin Gerturde Germanii Gerrilyn Geralda Gerlean Geroldine Geraldy Geraldina Gerilynn Gerrica Geralene Gerelene Germani Gerrianne Germain Geretha Sheridyn Germany Gertrud Geraldeen Gerardine

Sibling names for Geraldyn

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

Iyanna Charlize Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Shreya Anastacia Jaci

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Lazaro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel

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