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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #36 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 127 boysAKMaine: #64 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 274 boysMEVermont: #39 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 161 boysVTNew Hampshire: #49 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 207 boysNHWashington: #84 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 403 boysWAIdaho: #73 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 278 boysIDMontana: #64 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 264 boysMTNorth Dakota: #122 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 732 boysNDMinnesota: #111 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 681 boysMNIllinois: #41 for boys · 446 births · 1 in 217 boysILWisconsin: #104 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 623 boysWIMichigan: #48 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 272 boysMINew York: #37 for boys · 996 births · 1 in 155 boysNYMassachusetts: #41 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 170 boysMARhode Island: #42 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 161 boysRIOregon: #65 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 291 boysORNevada: #39 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 165 boysNVWyoming: #87 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 314 boysWYSouth Dakota: #78 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 363 boysSDIowa: #97 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 492 boysIAIndiana: #54 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 271 boysINOhio: #48 for boys · 409 births · 1 in 237 boysOHPennsylvania: #35 for boys · 654 births · 1 in 144 boysPANew Jersey: #31 for boys · 447 births · 1 in 124 boysNJConnecticut: #35 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 139 boysCTCalifornia: #39 for boys · 873 births · 1 in 204 boysCAUtah: #102 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 474 boysUTColorado: #66 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 314 boysCONebraska: #72 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 375 boysNEMissouri: #56 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 277 boysMOKentucky: #38 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 171 boysKYWest Virginia: #40 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 184 boysWVVirginia: #32 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 140 boysVAMaryland: #29 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 121 boysMDDelaware: #32 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 124 boysDEArizona: #50 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 242 boysAZNew Mexico: #39 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 181 boysNMKansas: #69 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 314 boysKSArkansas: #57 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 247 boysARTennessee: #44 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 198 boysTNNorth Carolina: #39 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 173 boysNCSouth Carolina: #34 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 159 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #40 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 173 boysDCOklahoma: #83 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 332 boysOKLouisiana: #42 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 198 boysLAMississippi: #41 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 178 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 199 boysALGeorgia: #41 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 182 boysGAHawaii: #33 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 133 boysHITexas: #41 for boys · 553 births · 1 in 207 boysTXFlorida: #31 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 159 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maryland#29 · 1 in 121
  2. New Jersey#31 · 1 in 124
  3. Florida#31 · 1 in 159
  4. Delaware#32 · 1 in 124
  5. Virginia#32 · 1 in 140

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#292321 in 121
Florida#313391 in 159
New Jersey#314471 in 124
Delaware#32361 in 124
Virginia#322731 in 140
Hawaii#33501 in 133
South Carolina#341471 in 159
Connecticut#351661 in 139
Pennsylvania#356541 in 144
Alaska#36251 in 127
New York#379961 in 155
Kentucky#381691 in 171
California#398731 in 204
Nevada#39231 in 165
New Mexico#39531 in 181
North Carolina#392641 in 173
Vermont#39221 in 161
District of Columbia#40701 in 173
West Virginia#40761 in 184
Georgia#412481 in 182
Illinois#414461 in 217
Massachusetts#412741 in 170
Mississippi#411191 in 178
Texas#415531 in 207
Louisiana#421711 in 198
Rhode Island#42461 in 161
Tennessee#441781 in 198
Alabama#461551 in 199
Michigan#482991 in 272
Ohio#484091 in 237
New Hampshire#49281 in 207
Arizona#50701 in 242
Indiana#541761 in 271
Missouri#561431 in 277
Arkansas#57651 in 247
Maine#64291 in 274
Montana#64201 in 264
Oregon#65571 in 291
Colorado#66631 in 314
Kansas#69531 in 314
Nebraska#72321 in 375
Idaho#73221 in 278
South Dakota#78141 in 363
Oklahoma#83611 in 332
Washington#84701 in 403
Wyoming#8781 in 314
Iowa#97471 in 492
Utah#102261 in 474
Wisconsin#104591 in 623
Minnesota#111481 in 681
North Dakota#12271 in 732

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 1970

girls
#1,490
67 births · 1 in 26,092 girls
boys
#40
8,911 births · 1 in 209 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,490George67

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #40George8,911
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 26,092 of them was named George, which outranked 84.1% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside George
  1. #1,474Roseanna68
  2. #1,474Shawnee68
  3. #1,474Teresita68
  4. #1,490George67
  5. #1,490Aundrea67
  6. #1,490Fern67
  7. #1,490Kenyatta67
  8. #1,505Annamaria66
  9. #1,505Doretha66
  10. #1,505Estelle66

Tied with 14 names at #1,490; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 209 of them was named George, which outranked 99.3% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside George
  1. #37Sean10,341
  2. #38Keith9,615
  3. #39Craig9,364
  4. #40George8,911
  5. #41Troy8,448
  6. #42Jonathan8,194
  7. #43Larry8,104
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →