How rare is the name Geoff?

5,986 people in the United States have the first name Geoff, about 1 in 50,456. It ranks #3,469 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GEOFF

#3,469

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,986
About
1 in 50,456
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 5,986 people named Geoff, 89.6% reported their origin as White, 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Geoff peaked in 1962, when 65 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19402016
Peak year
1962
Births that year
65
In 2016
6 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,549 babies have been given the name since 1940. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Geoff by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,626. The largest share of babies named Geoff, 44%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1940s#5,89274
1950s#3,712224
1960s#2,626493
1970s#3,198445
1980s#6,707184
1990s#13,05899
2000s#35,85916
2010s#37,54214
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–6435.1%
Generation X 1965–8044%
Millennials 1981–9616.2%
Generation Z 1997–122.3%
2013 and later0.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Geoff

#3,466 Jia · 5,991#3,468 Mister · 5,988#3,470 Nicolle · 5,984#3,471 Anson · 5,978

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Geoff, most common first.

#45,829 Geof · 147#51,658 Geff · 112

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