Geary
Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 201 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,457since 1916
Geary over time
Rank among boys' names. Geary has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 24 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 29 |
| 1963 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,215 | 41 |
| 1961 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1960 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #1,091 | 49 |
| 1957 | #995 | 58 |
| 1956 | #849 | 78 |
| 1955 | #691 | 113 |
| 1954 | #605 | 149 |
| 1953 | #494 | 201 |
| 1952 | #507 | 189 |
| 1951 | #525 | 169 |
| 1950 | #664 | 110 |
| 1949 | #821 | 69 |
| 1948 | #945 | 54 |
| 1947 | #861 | 65 |
| 1946 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #860 | 53 |
| 1944 | #1,038 | 40 |
| 1943 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1942 | #1,298 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
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| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
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| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Geary! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Geary is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#261 · 1 in 2,595
- California#601 · 1 in 14,703
- Texas#887 · 1 in 16,327
Best ever in a state: #208 in Oklahoma, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #261 | 9 | 1 in 2,595 |
| California | #601 | 8 | 1 in 14,703 |
| Texas | #887 | 6 | 1 in 16,327 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Geary
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1947 (#1,060 → #861)
- Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1946 (#860 → #1,060)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1953 at #494 (201 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1947–1957
- Highest: 1 in 9,812 boys born in 1953 were named Geary (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,850 boys born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 46.9% of all boys named Geary (1,152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,736 (1919) | #3,817 |
| 1920s | 29 | #3,155 (1925) | #3,976 |
| 1930s | 117 | #1,397 (1938) | #2,420 |
| 1940s | 451 | #821 (1949) | #1,040 |
| 1950s | 1,152 | #494 (1953) | #772 |
| 1960s | 268 | #1,215 (1962) | #1,595 |
| 1970s | 206 | #1,823 (1971) | #2,172 |
| 1980s | 142 | #2,426 (1982) | #3,356 |
| 1990s | 56 | #4,327 (1992) | #6,147 |
| 2000s | 20 | #6,445 (2001) | #9,154 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,287 (2011) | #12,287 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Geary in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
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1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 32,493 of them was named Geary, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).