General
General is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 280th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1918105 births
- Best rank
- #280in 1885
- Since 1880
- 4,025people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,025 boys have been named General in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 105 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 105 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 64 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named General | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | |
| 1890s | 278 | |
| 1900s | 229 | |
| 1910s | 575 | |
| 1920s | 698 | |
| 1930s | 505 | |
| 1940s | 473 | |
| 1950s | 289 | |
| 1960s | 181 | |
| 1970s | 126 | |
| 1980s | 72 | |
| 1990s | 74 | |
| 2000s | 77 | |
| 2010s | 113 | |
| 2020s | 45 |
In 1918, its biggest year
General was the 597th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with General
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Clempeak 1917
- Dockpeak 1920
- Claudpeak 1919
- Rolliepeak 1947
- Ciceropeak 1920
- Guspeak 1921
- Eddpeak 1919
- Elzapeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.