How rare is the name Geoffrey?

45,230 people in the United States have the first name Geoffrey, about 1 in 6,678. It ranks #965 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GEOFFREY

#965

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
45,230
About
1 in 6,678
This common or more
69.5%
Who bears it

Of the 45,230 people named Geoffrey, 83.5% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Black and 3.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Geoffrey peaked in 1975, when 1,395 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18952025
Peak year
1975
Births that year
1,395
In 2025*
31 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 54,534 babies have been given the name since 1895. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Geoffrey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #410. The largest share of babies named Geoffrey, 33.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,69518
1910s#3,383138
1920s#3,481200
1930s#1,973432
1940s#7193,714
1950s#5976,899
1960s#5638,778
1970s#41012,223
1980s#41112,797
1990s#8036,176
2000s#2,0571,995
2010s#3,817901
2020s#6,235258
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–453.6%
Baby boom 1946–6424.2%
Generation X 1965–8033.3%
Millennials 1981–9630.7%
Generation Z 1997–126.2%
2013 and later1.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Geoffrey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Geoffrey has been most common in District of Columbia (2.8×), Connecticut (2.3×), and Massachusetts (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.24×).

50,543 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Geoffrey

#963 Hanna · 45,248#964 Elisabeth · 45,239#966 Kelley · 45,163#967 Weston · 45,042

Spelled almost the same

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

#11,104 Geoffery · 1,172#17,814 Geoffry · 612#28,199 Geffrey · 320#28,312 Geofrey · 318

Also a last name

As a last name, Geoffrey ranks #67,846 of 156,621, with 313 people. See Geoffrey as a last name

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