Geraldine

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Geraldine: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Geraldine: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #7, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#7highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for
19names it appears alongside

What stands out in Geraldine's record

Shares a published list with another name across 51 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#848
1997	#983
1998	#1076
1999	#1216
2000	#1389
2001	#1170
2002	#2301
2003	#1843
2004	#1836
2005	#2438
2006	#3116
2007	#2627
2008	#2487
2009	#3936
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2016	#5785
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 51 of the 58 years from 1964 to 2021.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5666 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #9 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2021
Highest recorded position: #7 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Geraldine appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 51 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 6,614 births with the name.

Geraldine across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Geraldine's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#9 (1964)	#7 (1965)	#883 (2021)	51 of 58	6,614 (1964–2021)	591 (1965)
England and Wales · Girls	#848 (1996)	#848 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	25 of 29	220 (1996–2024)	26 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#261 (1998)	#430 (2010)	5 of 14	17 (1997–2010)	5 (1998)

Geraldine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Geraldine in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	2,895	6 of 10	483
1970s	2,428	10 of 10	243
1980s	1,013	10 of 10	101
1990s	216	10 of 10	22
2000s	42	9 of 10	5
2010s	17	5 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 483 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Geraldine appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #7 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Geraldine's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1076	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	20	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	18	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	20	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	18	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	38	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	46	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	46	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	49	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	62	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	92	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	91	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	104	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	125	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	134	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	136	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	174	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	155	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	188	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#41	211	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#44	206	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#40	216	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#32	250	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#32	260	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#29	271	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#19	349	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#20	322	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#20	334	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#12	410	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	482	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	499	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#7	591	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#9	579	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #7, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 591 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Gerald · #57, 63y
Gerard · #10, 72y
Gerardine · #189, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aisling · #8, 62y
Shauna · #6, 60y
Siobhán · #15, 62y
Mathilde · #20, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Bridget · #7, 62y
Deirdre · #7, 51y
Dylan · #7, 55y
Hedda · #7, 59y

Comparisons involving Geraldine

Existing comparison pages where Geraldine and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Geraldine in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Elizabeth vs Geraldine
In 1964 they stood at #6 and #9 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2021 they were #89 and #883.
Elizabeth · Geraldine · 51 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking
Catherine vs Geraldine
In 1964 they stood at #2 and #9 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2021 they were #190 and #883.
Catherine · Geraldine · 51 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking
Margaret vs Geraldine
In 1964 they stood at #3 and #9 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2021 they were #190 and #883.
Margaret · Geraldine · 51 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Geraldine and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Sinead vs Geraldine
In 1971, Sinead moved ahead of Geraldine in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #24 and #20 the year before became #5 and #19.
Sinead · Geraldine · 51 shared years, 1964–2021 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1971 Republic of Ireland ranking
Geraldine vs Deirdre
In 1966, Deirdre moved ahead of Geraldine in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #7 and #11 the year before became #10 and #7.
Geraldine · Deirdre · 47 shared years, 1964–2013 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1966 Republic of Ireland ranking
Sharon vs Geraldine
In 1969, Sharon moved ahead of Geraldine in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #13 and #12 the year before became #7 and #20.
Sharon · Geraldine · 49 shared years, 1964–2018 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1969 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Geraldine measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Geraldine at its highest position.

Bridget vs Geraldine
In 1964 they stood at #8 and #9 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2021 they were #228 and #883.
Bridget · Geraldine · 51 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking
Geraldine vs Eileen
In 1964 they stood at #9 and #17 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2021 they were #883 and #322.
Geraldine · Eileen · 51 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking
Ann vs Geraldine
In 1964 they stood at #4 and #9 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2021 they were #363 and #883.
Ann · Geraldine · 51 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Geraldine was ranked #7 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Geraldine and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Geraldine without appearing here.

Geraldine moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Vicki Compare
In 1996 they stood at #848 and #848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #983 and #1015.

Moved ahead of Geraldine

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3536 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2757.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Geraldine

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 while Alexandra went from #222 to #106.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 while Annie went from #112 to #46.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 while Charlotte went from #171 to #48.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 while Ciara went from #146 to #65.

Moved the same way as Geraldine

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 and Audrey from #85 to #661.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 and Eileen from #17 to #322.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 and Ida from #372 to #661.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Geraldine went from #9 to #883 and Julia from #42 to #73.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #7 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Geraldine

Geraldine at a glance

What stands out in Geraldine's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Geraldine across 3 official records

Geraldine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Geraldine appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Geraldine

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Geraldine

Geraldine and the names beside it

Geraldine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Geraldine

Moved the opposite way to Geraldine

Moved the same way as Geraldine

Geraldine at a glance

What stands out in Geraldine's record

Geraldine across 3 official records

Geraldine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Geraldine appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Geraldine

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Geraldine

Geraldine and the names beside it

Geraldine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Geraldine

Moved the opposite way to Geraldine

Moved the same way as Geraldine