The first name Geraldo
A boy’s name.
3 syllables Male
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Geraldo at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 5 boys born in the United States were named Geraldo, the 12,663rd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1988, when 115 were.
2,395
babies named Geraldo since 1880
#12,663
rank in 2025
1988
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Geraldo
19 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Geraldo RiveraAmerican attorney, journalist and talk show host, born 1943
- Geraldo Majella AgneloBrazilian Cardinal (1933–2023)
- Geraldo Dutra PereiraBrazilian footballer, born 1963
- Geraldo VandréBrazilian musician, born 1935
- Geraldo de Souza RodriguesBrazilian Roman Catholic prelate (1963–2025)
- Geraldo de Proença SigaudCatholic archbishop (1909–1999)
- Geraldo Lyrio RochaBrazilian archbishop (1942–2023)
- Geraldo SarnoBrazilian screenwriter and film director, 1938–2022
- Geraldo AzevedoBrazilian singer-songwriter, born 1945
- Gerald of BragaBenedictine monk, 1050–1108
- Geraldo TeixeiraBrazilian footballer, born 1937
- Geraldo Cleofas Dias AlvesBrazilian association football player (1954-1976)
Questions
- Is Geraldo a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 2,395 US babies named Geraldo since 1880 were boys.
- When was Geraldo most popular?
- 1988 in the United States, when 115 babies were named Geraldo, its highest rank at 892nd.