George
Greek Georgios, “earth worker, farmer.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
The dragon-slaying saint and the first president; a top-five fixture of the 1880s.
George appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1880 to 1992. It spent 58 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1921, when 27,476 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 6 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1881, at No. 4. In 2025 it ranked No. 126 for boys. All told, 1,497,260 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Geroge (920), Gehrig (698) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Georgia
Explore George interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47,651 | No. 4 |
| 1890s | 43,358 | No. 4 |
| 1900s | 43,589 | No. 4 |
| 1910s | 176,609 | No. 4 |
| 1920s | 261,945 | No. 6 |
| 1930s | 192,289 | No. 8 |
| 1940s | 209,013 | No. 11 |
| 1950s | 181,031 | No. 20 |
| 1960s | 113,023 | No. 31 |
| 1970s | 64,757 | No. 40 |
| 1980s | 45,712 | No. 60 |
| 1990s | 35,246 | No. 79 |
| 2000s | 28,006 | No. 129 |
| 2010s | 28,407 | No. 120 |
| 2020s | 16,661 | No. 123 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.