Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Geoff” in the USA?

Number of people named “Geoff” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Geoff” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Geoff” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Geoff” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Geoff” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Geoff” by birth year

This chart shows how “Geoff” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 -100%
1956 21 0.000005093 21 -100%
1957 27 0.000006425 27 -100%
1958 49 0.000011853 49 -100%
1959 47 0.000011304 47 -100%
1960 56 0.000013482 56 -100%
1961 59 0.000014243 59 -100%
1962 65 0.000016108 65 -100%
1963 57 0.0000144 57 -100%
1964 41 0.000010546 41 -100%
1965 42 0.000011585 42 -100%
1966 38 0.000010933 38 -100%
1967 42 0.000012372 42 -100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 -100%
1969 61 0.000017552 61 -100%
1970 62 0.000017191 62 -100%
1971 57 0.000016607 57 -100%
1972 44 0.000013999 44 -100%
1973 47 0.000015579 47 -100%
1974 36 0.000011842 36 -100%
1975 61 0.000020203 61 -100%
1976 47 0.00001549 47 -100%
1977 35 0.000011018 35 -100%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 -100%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 -100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%

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