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George

Boys' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~574,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#126 among boys
Births in 2025
2,853 1,497,260 since 1880
Typical age
64 years, median

George popularity over time

George rank by birth year, 1880–2025George ranked #5 in 1880 and #126 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #4, in 1881.#10#100#126best #4 in 188118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named George in 1921 than in any other year — 27,682 of them. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. George has spent 113 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #126 with 2,853 births.

Babies named George per yearPeaks at 27,682 births in 1921.27,682 in 1921018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named George?

An estimated 574,400 living Americans are called George. That is out of 1,497,260 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average George?

The typical living George is 64 years old. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes George a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your George

Ages of living people named GeorgeHalf of living Georges are older than 64 and half younger.median 64020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where George is most common

George is 5.3× as common in District of Columbia as it is nationally. Vermont, New Hampshire and Alaska follow.

Where George is used more than average5 states use the name George more than the national average.Alaska: 2.2× the national rateAKMaine: 2.2× the national rateMEVermont: 2.6× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 2.5× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 5.3× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where George is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 283 5.3×
Vermont 54 2.6×
New Hampshire 170 2.5×
Alaska 86 2.2×
Maine 134 2.2×

George in England and Wales

ONS recorded 3,082 births named George in 2025, ranking it #7. That is 25% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name George comes from

Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος, from γεωργός (“farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (“earth”) (combining form γεω-) + ἔργον (“work”) Doublet of Jorge, Geevarghese.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named George

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
George W. Bush President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 1946 280
George Washington Founding Father and first U.S. president 1732–1799 273
George Orwell British writer and journalist 1903–1950 212
George H. W. Bush president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 1924–2018 195
George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist 1856–1950 186
George Frideric Handel German-British Baroque composer 1685–1759 158
George Eliot English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist 1819–1880 138
George Lucas American filmmaker and philanthropist 1944 133
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 6,637 in 1911 to 11,803 in 1912 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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