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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 72 boysAKMaine: #28 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 112 boysMEVermont: #32 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 117 boysVTNew Hampshire: #27 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 102 boysNHWashington: #48 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 207 boysWAIdaho: #69 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 263 boysIDMontana: #44 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 174 boysMTNorth Dakota: #86 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 413 boysNDMinnesota: #66 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 312 boysMNIllinois: #31 for boys · 816 births · 1 in 140 boysILWisconsin: #66 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 317 boysWIMichigan: #40 for boys · 547 births · 1 in 181 boysMINew York: #28 for boys · 1,666 births · 1 in 109 boysNYMassachusetts: #28 for boys · 513 births · 1 in 112 boysMARhode Island: #26 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 95 boysRIOregon: #57 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 241 boysORNevada: #34 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 145 boysNVWyoming: #34 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 149 boysWYSouth Dakota: #61 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 258 boysSDIowa: #77 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 367 boysIAIndiana: #41 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 180 boysINOhio: #34 for boys · 760 births · 1 in 151 boysOHPennsylvania: #24 for boys · 1,322 births · 1 in 93 boysPANew Jersey: #20 for boys · 763 births · 1 in 80 boysNJConnecticut: #26 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 90 boysCTCalifornia: #34 for boys · 1,127 births · 1 in 155 boysCAUtah: #51 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 192 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 150 boysCONebraska: #66 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 315 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 166 boysMOKentucky: #35 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 144 boysKYWest Virginia: #28 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 116 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 84 boysVAMaryland: #20 for boys · 365 births · 1 in 88 boysMDDelaware: #23 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 92 boysDEArizona: #24 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 119 boysAZNew Mexico: #26 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 126 boysNMKansas: #52 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 236 boysKSArkansas: #37 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 149 boysARTennessee: #29 for boys · 329 births · 1 in 122 boysTNNorth Carolina: #29 for boys · 436 births · 1 in 120 boysNCSouth Carolina: #22 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 104 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #26 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 104 boysDCOklahoma: #38 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 170 boysOKLouisiana: #27 for boys · 309 births · 1 in 138 boysLAMississippi: #18 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 96 boysMSAlabama: #31 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 130 boysALGeorgia: #26 for boys · 452 births · 1 in 107 boysGAHawaii: #28 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 126 boysHITexas: #27 for boys · 910 births · 1 in 135 boysTXFlorida: #24 for boys · 442 births · 1 in 117 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#16 · 1 in 72
  2. Virginia#18 · 1 in 84
  3. Mississippi#18 · 1 in 96
  4. New Jersey#20 · 1 in 80
  5. Maryland#20 · 1 in 88

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#16441 in 72
Mississippi#182821 in 96
Virginia#185181 in 84
Maryland#203651 in 88
New Jersey#207631 in 80
South Carolina#222801 in 104
Delaware#23561 in 92
Arizona#241291 in 119
Florida#244421 in 117
Pennsylvania#241,3221 in 93
Connecticut#262931 in 90
District of Columbia#261441 in 104
Georgia#264521 in 107
New Mexico#261021 in 126
Rhode Island#26931 in 95
Louisiana#273091 in 138
New Hampshire#27611 in 102
Texas#279101 in 135
Hawaii#28571 in 126
Maine#28961 in 112
Massachusetts#285131 in 112
New York#281,6661 in 109
West Virginia#281861 in 116
North Carolina#294361 in 120
Tennessee#293291 in 122
Alabama#312941 in 130
Illinois#318161 in 140
Vermont#32341 in 117
California#341,1271 in 155
Nevada#34181 in 145
Ohio#347601 in 151
Wyoming#34221 in 149
Kentucky#352501 in 144
Colorado#361391 in 150
Arkansas#371331 in 149
Oklahoma#381391 in 170
Missouri#392921 in 166
Michigan#405471 in 181
Indiana#413051 in 180
Montana#44441 in 174
Washington#481521 in 207
Utah#51611 in 192
Kansas#52991 in 236
Oregon#57701 in 241
South Dakota#61301 in 258
Minnesota#661311 in 312
Nebraska#66501 in 315
Wisconsin#661471 in 317
Idaho#69281 in 263
Iowa#77831 in 367
North Dakota#86181 in 413

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 1958

girls
#1,157
84 births · 1 in 23,948 girls
boys
#31
15,637 births · 1 in 136 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #1,157George84

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #31George15,637
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 23,948 of them was named George, which outranked 83.5% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside George
  1. #1,153Lezlie85
  2. #1,153Louella85
  3. #1,153Vernice85
  4. #1,157George84
  5. #1,157Adeline84
  6. #1,157Keely84
  7. #1,157Krystal84
  8. #1,164Carroll83
  9. #1,164Deedee83
  10. #1,164Dreama83

Tied with 6 names at #1,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 136 of them was named George, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside George
  1. #28Edward17,377
  2. #29Dennis16,418
  3. #30Douglas15,798
  4. #31George15,637
  5. #32Randy15,188
  6. #33Terry15,006
  7. #34Ricky13,375
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →