General
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 36 births
- Debut · boys
- 32 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,025since 1880
General over time
Rank among boys' names. General has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,292 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,150 | 39 |
| 1950 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1947 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1946 | #967 | 48 |
| 1945 | #864 | 52 |
| 1944 | #964 | 45 |
| 1943 | #856 | 60 |
| 1942 | #900 | 54 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #862 | 53 |
| 1939 | #931 | 45 |
| 1938 | #897 | 49 |
| 1937 | #967 | 42 |
| 1936 | #861 | 50 |
| 1935 | #881 | 51 |
| 1934 | #808 | 59 |
| 1933 | #788 | 60 |
| 1932 | #902 | 51 |
| 1931 | #879 | 53 |
| 1930 | #1,021 | 45 |
| 1929 | #1,010 | 45 |
| 1928 | #883 | 57 |
| 1927 | #722 | 81 |
| 1926 | #825 | 64 |
| 1925 | #835 | 63 |
| 1924 | #925 | 57 |
| 1923 | #791 | 70 |
| 1922 | #742 | 79 |
| 1921 | #677 | 91 |
| 1920 | #667 | 91 |
| 1919 | #608 | 99 |
| 1918 | #596 | 105 |
| 1917 | #664 | 81 |
| 1916 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #776 | 60 |
| 1914 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #745 | 39 |
| 1912 | #681 | 39 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #492 | 32 |
| 1909 | #436 | 33 |
| 1908 | #475 | 27 |
| 1907 | #472 | 24 |
| 1906 | #523 | 19 |
| 1905 | #452 | 24 |
| 1904 | #444 | 23 |
| 1903 | #576 | 15 |
| 1902 | #536 | 16 |
| 1901 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #385 | 33 |
| 1899 | #336 | 28 |
| 1898 | #307 | 38 |
| 1897 | #459 | 18 |
| 1896 | #315 | 35 |
| 1895 | #437 | 20 |
| 1894 | #358 | 26 |
| 1893 | #323 | 29 |
| 1892 | #320 | 33 |
| 1891 | #325 | 27 |
| 1890 | #358 | 24 |
| 1889 | #288 | 34 |
| 1888 | #324 | 31 |
| 1887 | #321 | 27 |
| 1886 | #357 | 23 |
| 1885 | #277 | 36 |
| 1884 | #352 | 25 |
| 1883 | #331 | 25 |
| 1882 | #298 | 33 |
| 1881 | #332 | 24 |
| 1880 | #291 | 32 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, General was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where General is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#240 · 1 in 1,929
- Georgia#253 · 1 in 2,137
- Oklahoma#300 · 1 in 2,415
- Alabama#303 · 1 in 2,560
- Kentucky#347 · 1 in 3,114
Best ever in a state: #117 in Florida, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #240 | 11 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Georgia | #253 | 15 | 1 in 2,137 |
| Oklahoma | #300 | 9 | 1 in 2,415 |
| Alabama | #303 | 10 | 1 in 2,560 |
| Kentucky | #347 | 8 | 1 in 3,114 |
| Mississippi | #397 | 5 | 1 in 3,854 |
| Arkansas | #406 | 5 | 1 in 3,500 |
| North Carolina | #437 | 7 | 1 in 4,691 |
| Texas | #696 | 7 | 1 in 7,257 |
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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 General
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1942 (#1,129 → #900)
- Biggest drop: 332 spots in 1911 (#492 → #824)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #277 (36 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1928
- Highest: 1 in 2,994 boys born in 1885 were named General (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 17.3% of all boys named General (698) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | #277 (1885) | #317 |
| 1890s | 278 | #307 (1898) | #354 |
| 1900s | 229 | #385 (1900) | #481 |
| 1910s | 575 | #492 (1910) | #699 |
| 1920s | 698 | #667 (1920) | #808 |
| 1930s | 505 | #788 (1933) | #894 |
| 1940s | 473 | #856 (1943) | #983 |
| 1950s | 289 | #1,086 (1950) | #1,478 |
| 1960s | 181 | #1,684 (1966) | #1,917 |
| 1970s | 126 | #2,358 (1974) | #3,046 |
| 1980s | 72 | #3,701 (1984) | #4,847 |
| 1990s | 74 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,694 |
| 2000s | 77 | #6,839 (2000) | #7,966 |
| 2010s | 113 | #5,171 (2013) | #7,307 |
| 2020s | 45 | #6,296 (2020) | #8,603 |
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.
General in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 11,696 of them was named General, which outranked 86.6% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).