Geoffrey
Geoffrey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 40 births. Its best rank was 167th, in 1975.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 400.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19751,395 births
- Best rank
- #167in 1975
- Since 1895
- 54,369people given the name
The story in the numbers
54,369 boys have been named Geoffrey in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 1,395 births.
The name has all but left use: 40 births in 2024, against 1,395 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 1980s alone account for 23%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Geoffrey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 18 | |
| 1910s | 138 | |
| 1920s | 200 | |
| 1930s | 433 | |
| 1940s | 3,714 | |
| 1950s | 6,898 | |
| 1960s | 8,755 | |
| 1970s | 12,182 | |
| 1980s | 12,732 | |
| 1990s | 6,171 | |
| 2000s | 1,995 | |
| 2010s | 901 | |
| 2020s | 227 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Geoffrey was the 167th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1975 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, James and David. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Geoffrey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brentpeak 1970
- Michalepeak 1956
- Daivdpeak 1982
- Richardopeak 1988
- Terancepeak 1991
- Terrancepeak 1988
- Lonnellpeak 1970
- Ericpeak 1970
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.