Geoff

Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744

Peak · boys
1962 · 65 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,549
since 1940

Geoff over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Geoff has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #939, 1962boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2016#10,7446
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2010#8,8038
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2007#12,3675
2006#12,0555
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2000#9,1126
1999#9,9125
1998#8,4796
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1996#5,53510
1995#6,4078
1994#4,29014
1993#4,44713
1992#4,32713
1991#7,2716
1990#2,69524
1989#2,90221
1988#2,96118
1987#2,55921
1986#1,91731
1985#3,21614
1984#2,70617
1983#2,91215
1982#3,69211
1981#2,89815
1980#2,36721
1979#1,99126
1978#1,76030
1977#1,57135
1976#1,28647
1975#1,06561
1974#1,43936
1973#1,20147
1972#1,24944
1971#1,08157
1970#1,03162
1969#98261
1968#1,36632
1967#1,15042
1966#1,21638
1965#1,16342
1964#1,19941
1963#1,00557
1962#93965
1961#1,01359
1960#1,02156
1959#1,12947
1958#1,09149
1957#1,51127
1956#1,72221
1955#2,21913
1954#1,88717
1953#2,09914
1952#1,85617
1951#2,24612
1950#3,0217
1949#2,45310
1948#2,11513
1947#2,35611
1946#2,9197
1945#2,5748
1944#2,6338
1943#3,5385
1942#2,9407
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five boys were named Geoff! It came in at #3,459, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1940–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Geoff is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMINew York: #777 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 24,934 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #834 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 23,473 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Geoff, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#777 · 1 in 24,934
  2. California#834 · 1 in 23,473

Best ever in a state: #303 in Oregon, 1972.

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California#83481 in 23,473
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See more about Geoff
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1969 (#1,366 → #982)
  • Biggest drop: 66 spots in 1963 (#939 → #1,005)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1962 at #939 (65 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1962–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,596
  • Highest: 1 in 25,596 boys born in 1975 were named Geoff (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 316,290 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #939 in 1962, was only 1 in 31,827 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 31.8% of all boys named Geoff (493) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s74#2,115 (1948)#2,776
1950s224#1,091 (1958)#1,878
1960s493#939 (1962)#1,105
1970s445#1,031 (1970)#1,367
1980s184#1,917 (1986)#2,813
1990s99#2,695 (1990)#5,929
2000s16#9,112 (2000)#11,178
2010s14#8,803 (2010)#9,774

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.

Geoff in 1963

boys
#1,005
57 births · 1 in 35,633 boys

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #1,005Geoff57
More about 1963

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 35,633 of them was named Geoff, which outranked 78.3% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Geoff
  1. #994Robbin58
  2. #994Roderic58
  3. #994Sherwood58
  4. #1,005Geoff57
  5. #1,005Artis57
  6. #1,005Emile57
  7. #1,005Eugenio57
  8. #1,012Donal56
  9. #1,012Dwyane56
  10. #1,012Lavern56

Tied with 6 names at #1,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963 →