George

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #126 for boys in 2025, 2,848 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#4
1911 · 6,586 births
Debut · boys
1880
5,126 births
In top 100 · boys
113 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,487,297
since 1880

George over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #4, 1911boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#1262,848
2024#12,1617#1232,902
2023—#1362,697
2022—#1422,640
2021#12,2067#1342,799
2020#12,1427#1322,775
2019#11,3568#1203,197
2018—#1273,083
2017—#1243,169
2016#14,3316#1263,313
2015—#1353,053
2014—#1353,007
2013—#1572,559
2012#16,8695#1662,334
2011#13,3477#1652,318
2010#13,4487#1652,374
2009#15,2426#1632,381
2008—#1552,553
2007#11,6309#1482,760
2006#13,6067#1532,701
2005#11,8348#1392,823
2004#7,82814#1462,735
2003#15,7845#1382,910
2002#10,2469#1313,018
2001#10,1029#1293,088
2000#11,8017#1303,037
1999#7,71612#1233,041
1998#14,1225#1253,044
1997#10,8367#1213,177
1996#5,77116#1183,228
1995#5,67716#1153,286
1994#5,44517#1103,317
1993#5,67316#1043,513
1992#7,06712#953,894
1991#4,80820#874,179
1990#5,83515#794,567
1989#3,78426#794,513
1988#2,80337#784,296
1987#2,85234#774,089
1986#2,90332#744,348
1985#2,60137#724,259
1984#2,78132#684,265
1983#2,31041#654,495
1982#2,02451#624,990
1981#2,37541#615,157
1980#2,48638#605,300
1979#2,05049#575,263
1978#2,30539#585,297
1977#1,87753#575,606
1976#2,66429#535,556
1975#1,72954#535,847
1974#1,66755#496,283
1973#1,73251#466,601
1972#1,65554#447,167
1971#1,59459#428,226
1970#1,49067#408,911
1969#1,32573#389,199
1968#1,43562#369,382
1967#1,20478#369,699
1966#1,29170#379,941
1965#1,21878#3410,680
1964#1,34470#3311,792
1963#1,21881#3412,079
1962#1,40762#3212,544
1961#1,14492#3113,644
1960#1,19283#3314,063
1959#1,036105#3215,012
1958#1,15784#3115,637
1957#1,015106#2916,887
1956#1,10587#2717,232
1955#953107#2618,167
1954#958102#2418,704
1953#932103#2219,176
1952#887108#2219,821
1951#852111#2220,212
1950#833110#2020,183
1949#847109#1821,308
1948#747129#1621,926
1947#791120#1623,916
1946#748119#1621,575
1945#646128#1519,327
1944#655128#1420,419
1943#616151#1421,692
1942#611150#1421,275
1941#667113#1319,260
1940#614129#1118,315
1939#565142#1117,886
1938#576142#1118,435
1937#565144#1018,439
1936#588127#918,197
1935#516154#818,564
1934#506160#818,500
1933#526146#818,356
1932#500174#820,439
1931#492171#820,685
1930#427242#822,788
1929#473201#823,020
1928#451230#824,391
1927#436248#725,949
1926#445230#625,910
1925#487207#626,560
1924#503197#627,373
1923#530178#627,025
1922#495197#627,350
1921#480206#627,476
1920#555166#626,891
1919#534164#625,170
1918#569157#626,318
1917#571139#624,196
1916#577135#723,381
1915#537139#622,307
1914#540107#617,602
1913#57977#613,874
1912#58269#611,734
1911#59451#46,586
1910#53658#55,441
1909#64437#44,688
1908#58341#44,584
1907#54544#44,445
1906#66130#44,201
1905#62032#44,256
1904#68226#44,219
1903#64027#43,961
1902#58332#44,223
1901#60327#43,609
1900#54339#45,403
1899#51433#44,018
1898#43251#44,853
1897#59426#44,078
1896#52832#44,286
1895#41746#44,289
1894#50432#44,365
1893#56125#44,320
1892#41940#44,760
1891#54123#43,931
1890#41237#44,458
1889#37142#44,430
1888#41336#44,912
1887#36734#44,284
1886#34638#44,671
1885#38029#44,674
1884#30440#44,961
1883#39722#54,736
1882#31432#45,193
1881#28630#44,664
1880#30926#55,126
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, George was already there! It came in at #5, and was given to 5,126 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1994–2025, when fewer than 3,400 boys a year got the name.

Where George is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #5 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 18 boysAKMaine: #5 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 33 boysMEVermont: #8 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 37 boysVTNew Hampshire: #6 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 31 boysNHWashington: #8 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 40 boysWAIdaho: #9 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 48 boysIDMontana: #8 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 43 boysMTNorth Dakota: #11 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 65 boysNDMinnesota: #8 for boys · 374 births · 1 in 55 boysMNIllinois: #8 for boys · 1,381 births · 1 in 42 boysILWisconsin: #8 for boys · 466 births · 1 in 53 boysWIMichigan: #8 for boys · 926 births · 1 in 45 boysMINew York: #7 for boys · 2,500 births · 1 in 39 boysNYMassachusetts: #8 for boys · 1,010 births · 1 in 33 boysMARhode Island: #5 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 30 boysRIOregon: #8 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 39 boysORNevada: #3 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 15 boysNVWyoming: #8 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 34 boysWYSouth Dakota: #10 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 60 boysSDIowa: #11 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 63 boysIAIndiana: #10 for boys · 495 births · 1 in 52 boysINOhio: #9 for boys · 1,129 births · 1 in 47 boysOHPennsylvania: #8 for boys · 2,554 births · 1 in 33 boysPANew Jersey: #8 for boys · 951 births · 1 in 31 boysNJConnecticut: #7 for boys · 354 births · 1 in 34 boysCTCalifornia: #7 for boys · 901 births · 1 in 42 boysCAUtah: #7 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 46 boysUTColorado: #7 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 38 boysCONebraska: #11 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 62 boysNEMissouri: #8 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 48 boysMOKentucky: #6 for boys · 585 births · 1 in 44 boysKYWest Virginia: #7 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 47 boysWVVirginia: #6 for boys · 615 births · 1 in 37 boysVAMaryland: #6 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 28 boysMDDelaware: #7 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 27 boysDEArizona: #9 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 43 boysAZNew Mexico: #9 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 57 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 54 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 50 boysARTennessee: #6 for boys · 507 births · 1 in 48 boysTNNorth Carolina: #6 for boys · 750 births · 1 in 46 boysNCSouth Carolina: #8 for boys · 432 births · 1 in 42 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #7 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 27 boysDCOklahoma: #11 for boys · 363 births · 1 in 63 boysOKLouisiana: #8 for boys · 365 births · 1 in 53 boysLAMississippi: #7 for boys · 471 births · 1 in 42 boysMSAlabama: #7 for boys · 588 births · 1 in 46 boysALGeorgia: #7 for boys · 663 births · 1 in 42 boysGAHawaii: #1 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 15 boysHITexas: #9 for boys · 872 births · 1 in 67 boysTXFlorida: #6 for boys · 355 births · 1 in 37 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#1 · 1 in 15
  2. Nevada#3 · 1 in 15
  3. Alaska#5 · 1 in 18
  4. Rhode Island#5 · 1 in 30
  5. Maine#5 · 1 in 33

Best ever in a state: #1 in Vermont, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#12321 in 15
Nevada#3201 in 15
Alaska#5141 in 18
Maine#51921 in 33
Rhode Island#51701 in 30
Florida#63551 in 37
Kentucky#65851 in 44
Maryland#64501 in 28
New Hampshire#61031 in 31
North Carolina#67501 in 46
Tennessee#65071 in 48
Virginia#66151 in 37
Alabama#75881 in 46
Arkansas#73401 in 50
California#79011 in 42
Colorado#72261 in 38
Connecticut#73541 in 34
Delaware#7551 in 27
District of Columbia#71211 in 27
Georgia#76631 in 42
Mississippi#74711 in 42
New York#72,5001 in 39
Utah#71051 in 46
West Virginia#73801 in 47
Illinois#81,3811 in 42
Louisiana#83651 in 53
Massachusetts#81,0101 in 33
Michigan#89261 in 45
Minnesota#83741 in 55
Missouri#85791 in 48
Montana#8951 in 43
New Jersey#89511 in 31
Oregon#81451 in 39
Pennsylvania#82,5541 in 33
South Carolina#84321 in 42
Vermont#8651 in 37
Washington#82361 in 40
Wisconsin#84661 in 53
Wyoming#8471 in 34
Arizona#9981 in 43
Idaho#9741 in 48
New Mexico#9781 in 57
Ohio#91,1291 in 47
Texas#98721 in 67
Indiana#104951 in 52
South Dakota#10951 in 60
Iowa#113081 in 63
Kansas#112731 in 54
Nebraska#111871 in 62
North Dakota#11961 in 65
Oklahoma#113631 in 63

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 George
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#123 → #126)
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#132 → #126)
  • 9 spots since 2015 (#135 → #126)
  • Biggest jump: 22 spots in 2014 (#157 → #135)
  • Biggest drop: 14 spots in 2006 (#139 → #153)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1911 at #4 (6,586 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: 58 yrs · run 1880–1937
  • Top 100: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22
  • Highest: 1 in 22 boys born in 1880 were named George (4.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 600 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
  • Its best rank, #4 in 1911, was only 1 in 34 (2.9%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.6% of all boys named George (261,945) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47,651#4 (1882)#4
1890s43,358#4 (1898)#4
1900s43,589#4 (1900)#4
1910s176,609#4 (1911)#6
1920s261,945#6 (1921)#7
1930s192,289#8 (1930)#9
1940s209,013#11 (1940)#15
1950s181,031#20 (1950)#26
1960s113,023#31 (1961)#34
1970s64,757#40 (1970)#50
1980s45,712#60 (1980)#70
1990s35,246#79 (1990)#108
2000s28,006#129 (2001)#143
2010s28,407#120 (2019)#142
2020s16,661#123 (2024)#132

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.

George in 1928

girls
#451
230 births · 1 in 5,014 girls
boys
#8
24,391 births · 1 in 45 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #451George230

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 5,014 of them was named George, which outranked 91.7% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside George
  1. #446Zelda233
  2. #449Allene232
  3. #450Clare231
  4. #451George230
  5. #452Lorine229
  6. #453Esperanza228
  7. #453Ester228
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 45 of them was named George, which outranked 99.8% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside George
  1. #5Charles31,243
  2. #6Richard28,793
  3. #7Donald25,704
  4. #8George24,391
  5. #9Joseph22,322
  6. #10Edward18,492
  7. #11Thomas16,582
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →