Geoff
Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 65 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,549since 1940
Geoff over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Geoff has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
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| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
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| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #1,760 | 30 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | #1,065 | 61 |
| 1974 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #1,201 | 47 |
| 1972 | #1,249 | 44 |
| 1971 | #1,081 | 57 |
| 1970 | #1,031 | 62 |
| 1969 | #982 | 61 |
| 1968 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,150 | 42 |
| 1966 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,005 | 57 |
| 1962 | #939 | 65 |
| 1961 | #1,013 | 59 |
| 1960 | #1,021 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,091 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
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| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
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First appearance
1940
The first year at least five boys were named Geoff! It came in at #3,459, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1969 (#1,366 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 66 spots in 1963 (#939 → #1,005)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1962 at #939 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1962–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,596
- Highest: 1 in 25,596 boys born in 1975 were named Geoff (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,290 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #939 in 1962, was only 1 in 31,827 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 31.8% of all boys named Geoff (493) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 74 | #2,115 (1948) | #2,776 |
| 1950s | 224 | #1,091 (1958) | #1,878 |
| 1960s | 493 | #939 (1962) | #1,105 |
| 1970s | 445 | #1,031 (1970) | #1,367 |
| 1980s | 184 | #1,917 (1986) | #2,813 |
| 1990s | 99 | #2,695 (1990) | #5,929 |
| 2000s | 16 | #9,112 (2000) | #11,178 |
| 2010s | 14 | #8,803 (2010) | #9,774 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Geoff in 1962
boys
#939
65 births · 1 in 31,827 boys
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 31,827 of them was named Geoff, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).