# Geraldo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/geraldo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,395 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,395 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 4,717 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,471 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,072 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,999 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,809 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,470 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,255 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,020 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,097 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,289 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,266 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,900 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,939 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,663 |

## People named Geraldo

- Geraldo Rivera, American attorney, journalist and talk show host
- Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Brazilian Cardinal (1933–2023)
- Geraldo Dutra Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- Geraldo Vandré, Brazilian musician
- Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate (1963–2025)
- Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, Catholic archbishop (1909–1999)
- Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, Brazilian archbishop (1942–2023)
- Geraldo Sarno, Brazilian screenwriter and film director
- Geraldo Azevedo, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Gerald of Braga, Benedictine monk
- Geraldo Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
- Geraldo Cleofas Dias Alves, Brazilian association football player (1954-1976)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.