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Geoffrey

Recorded 1895–2025 · United States

Geoffrey was most popular in 1975, when 1,395 American babies were given the name — ranking #355 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 54,534 people named Geoffrey.

Most popular in1975
Rank that year#355
Births that year1,395
Total since 188054,534
Given to100% boys
Alive today~46,000
Median age48

Geoffrey over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Geoffrey’s peak in 1975. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Geoffrey?

Geoffrey first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1895, which makes it about 130 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 120 of the 131 years since.

How many people are named Geoffrey?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 54,534 American births named Geoffrey between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 46,185 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Geoffrey in 2025?

31 American babies were named Geoffrey in 2025, ranking #7,732 that year.

Is Geoffrey getting more or less popular?

Geoffrey is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 42 births a year, against 103 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -59% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Geoffrey a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Geoffrey is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 54,534 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Geoffrey?

Roughly 46,185 Americans named Geoffrey are alive today — 85% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 48 years old, and half are between 39 and 59.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Origin

A variant of Jeffrey · Germanic · "peace of God"

Names that peaked alongside Geoffrey

Where Geoffrey is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org