Geary — boys' name

What the Data Says About Geary

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,457 babies named Geary between 1916 and 2011, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Geary currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geary performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Geary shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 246 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Geary in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geary in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,457 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.