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.

George

#14 most common boys' name of all time · #17 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#14
Rank overall
#17 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,497,260
Since 2016
29,463
Peak year
1921 #6
Best rank
#4 1881
Girls Boys peak 27,682/yr
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George is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 2,848 2,853 #126
2024 7 2,902 2,909 #123
2023 2,697 2,697 #136
2022 2,640 2,640 #142
2021 7 2,799 2,806 #134
2020 7 2,775 2,782 #132
2019 8 3,197 3,205 #120
2018 3,083 3,083 #127
2017 3,169 3,169 #124
2016 6 3,313 3,319 #126
2015 3,053 3,053 #135
2014 3,007 3,007 #135
2013 2,559 2,559 #157
2012 5 2,334 2,339 #166
2011 7 2,318 2,325 #165
2010 7 2,374 2,381 #165
2009 6 2,381 2,387 #163
2008 2,553 2,553 #155
2007 9 2,760 2,769 #148
2006 7 2,701 2,708 #153
2005 8 2,823 2,831 #139
2004 14 2,735 2,749 #146
2003 5 2,910 2,915 #138
2002 9 3,018 3,027 #131
2001 9 3,088 3,097 #129
2000 7 3,037 3,044 #130
1999 12 3,041 3,053 #123
1998 5 3,044 3,049 #125
1997 7 3,177 3,184 #121
1996 16 3,228 3,244 #118
1995 16 3,286 3,302 #115
1994 17 3,317 3,334 #110
1993 16 3,513 3,529 #104
1992 12 3,894 3,906 #95
1991 20 4,179 4,199 #87
1990 15 4,567 4,582 #79
1989 26 4,513 4,539 #79
1988 37 4,296 4,333 #78
1987 34 4,089 4,123 #77
1986 32 4,348 4,380 #74
1985 37 4,259 4,296 #72
1984 32 4,265 4,297 #68
1983 41 4,495 4,536 #65
1982 51 4,990 5,041 #62
1981 41 5,157 5,198 #61
1980 38 5,300 5,338 #60
1979 49 5,263 5,312 #57
1978 39 5,297 5,336 #58
1977 53 5,606 5,659 #57
1976 29 5,556 5,585 #53
1975 54 5,847 5,901 #53
1974 55 6,283 6,338 #49
1973 51 6,601 6,652 #46
1972 54 7,167 7,221 #44
1971 59 8,226 8,285 #42
1970 67 8,911 8,978 #40
1969 73 9,199 9,272 #38
1968 62 9,382 9,444 #36
1967 78 9,699 9,777 #36
1966 70 9,941 10,011 #37
1965 78 10,680 10,758 #34
1964 70 11,792 11,862 #33
1963 81 12,079 12,160 #34
1962 62 12,544 12,606 #32
1961 92 13,644 13,736 #31
1960 83 14,063 14,146 #33
1959 105 15,012 15,117 #32
1958 84 15,637 15,721 #31
1957 106 16,887 16,993 #29
1956 87 17,232 17,319 #27
1955 107 18,167 18,274 #26
1954 102 18,704 18,806 #24
1953 103 19,176 19,279 #22
1952 108 19,821 19,929 #22
1951 111 20,212 20,323 #22
1950 110 20,183 20,293 #20
1949 109 21,308 21,417 #18
1948 129 21,926 22,055 #16
1947 120 23,916 24,036 #16
1946 119 21,575 21,694 #16
1945 128 19,327 19,455 #15
1944 128 20,419 20,547 #14
1943 151 21,692 21,843 #14
1942 150 21,275 21,425 #14
1941 113 19,260 19,373 #13
1940 129 18,315 18,444 #11
1939 142 17,886 18,028 #11
1938 142 18,435 18,577 #11
1937 144 18,439 18,583 #10
1936 127 18,197 18,324 #9
1935 154 18,564 18,718 #8
1934 160 18,500 18,660 #8
1933 146 18,356 18,502 #8
1932 174 20,439 20,613 #8
1931 171 20,685 20,856 #8
1930 242 22,788 23,030 #8
1929 201 23,020 23,221 #8
1928 230 24,391 24,621 #8
1927 248 25,949 26,197 #7
1926 230 25,910 26,140 #6
1925 207 26,560 26,767 #6
1924 197 27,373 27,570 #6
1923 178 27,025 27,203 #6
1922 197 27,350 27,547 #6
1921 206 27,476 27,682 #6
1920 166 26,891 27,057 #6
1919 164 25,170 25,334 #6
1918 157 26,318 26,475 #6
1917 139 24,196 24,335 #6
1916 135 23,381 23,516 #7
1915 139 22,307 22,446 #6
1914 107 17,602 17,709 #6
1913 77 13,874 13,951 #6
1912 69 11,734 11,803 #6
1911 51 6,586 6,637 #4
1910 58 5,441 5,499 #5
1909 37 4,688 4,725 #4
1908 41 4,584 4,625 #4
1907 44 4,445 4,489 #4
1906 30 4,201 4,231 #4
1905 32 4,256 4,288 #4
1904 26 4,219 4,245 #4
1903 27 3,961 3,988 #4
1902 32 4,223 4,255 #4
1901 27 3,609 3,636 #4
1900 39 5,403 5,442 #4
1899 33 4,018 4,051 #4
1898 51 4,853 4,904 #4
1897 26 4,078 4,104 #4
1896 32 4,286 4,318 #4
1895 46 4,289 4,335 #4
1894 32 4,365 4,397 #4
1893 25 4,320 4,345 #4
1892 40 4,760 4,800 #4
1891 23 3,931 3,954 #4
1890 37 4,458 4,495 #4
1889 42 4,430 4,472 #4
1888 36 4,912 4,948 #4
1887 34 4,284 4,318 #4
1886 38 4,671 4,709 #4
1885 29 4,674 4,703 #4
1884 40 4,961 5,001 #4
1883 22 4,736 4,758 #5
1882 32 5,193 5,225 #4
1881 30 4,664 4,694 #4
1880 26 5,126 5,152 #5