George
George is ranked 124th among boys in 2024 (2,890 births). Its best rank was 4th, in 1881–1882, 1884–1909, 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- #124up 12 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,8900.17% of boys
- Peak year
- 192127,476 births
- Best rank
- #4first in 1881
- Since 1880
- 1,494,369people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,484,412 boys have been named George in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 27,476 births — 2.5% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 2,890 births in 2024, against 27,476 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 113 of them in the top 100 and 58 in the top 10.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 9,957 girls have also been given it, 0.67% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named George | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47,651 | |
| 1890s | 43,358 | |
| 1900s | 43,589 | |
| 1910s | 176,609 | |
| 1920s | 261,946 | |
| 1930s | 192,290 | |
| 1940s | 209,005 | |
| 1950s | 181,029 | |
| 1960s | 113,018 | |
| 1970s | 64,762 | |
| 1980s | 45,715 | |
| 1990s | 35,246 | |
| 2000s | 28,004 | |
| 2010s | 28,403 | |
| 2020s | 13,787 |
In 1921, its biggest year
George was the 6th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with George
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arthurpeak 1921
- Frankpeak 1918
- Lewispeak 1921
- Hughpeak 1916
- Lymanpeak 1917
- Albertpeak 1921
- Walterpeak 1918
- Granvillepeak 1918
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.