Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Geoff

#3,662 most common boys' name of all time · #8,928 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1940–2016

Rank among boys
#3,662
Rank overall
#8,928 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,549
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1962 #946
Best rank
#946 1962
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
1940196019802000

Geoff first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2016 — 6 6 #10,949
2010 — 8 8 #8,962
2007 — 5 5 #12,651
2006 — 5 5 #12,346
2000 — 6 6 #9,351
1999 — 5 5 #10,197
1998 — 6 6 #8,696
1996 — 10 10 #5,654
1995 — 8 8 #6,547
1994 — 14 14 #4,360
1993 — 13 13 #4,518
1992 — 13 13 #4,393
1991 — 6 6 #7,518
1990 — 24 24 #2,733
1989 — 21 21 #2,939
1988 — 18 18 #3,005
1987 — 21 21 #2,595
1986 — 31 31 #1,947
1985 — 14 14 #3,298
1984 — 17 17 #2,763
1983 — 15 15 #2,993
1982 — 11 11 #3,829
1981 — 15 15 #2,965
1980 — 21 21 #2,410
1979 — 26 26 #2,025
1978 — 30 30 #1,782
1977 — 35 35 #1,593
1976 — 47 47 #1,297
1975 — 61 61 #1,077
1974 — 36 36 #1,463
1973 — 47 47 #1,215
1972 — 44 44 #1,259
1971 — 57 57 #1,090
1970 — 62 62 #1,041
1969 — 61 61 #988
1968 — 32 32 #1,388
1967 — 42 42 #1,162
1966 — 38 38 #1,235
1965 — 42 42 #1,186
1964 — 41 41 #1,218
1963 — 57 57 #1,010
1962 — 65 65 #946
1961 — 59 59 #1,027
1960 — 56 56 #1,033
1959 — 47 47 #1,139
1958 — 49 49 #1,103
1957 — 27 27 #1,545
1956 — 21 21 #1,760
1955 — 13 13 #2,288
1954 — 17 17 #1,948
1953 — 14 14 #2,181
1952 — 17 17 #1,936
1951 — 12 12 #2,362
1950 — 7 7 #3,302
1949 — 10 10 #2,595
1948 — 13 13 #2,213
1947 — 11 11 #2,495
1946 — 7 7 #3,162
1945 — 8 8 #2,740
1944 — 8 8 #2,859
1943 — 5 5 #4,004
1942 — 7 7 #3,204
1940 — 5 5 #3,915