Boys' name · since 1958
Geff
Geff has 38 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,069 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Geff is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 38 have been recorded since 1958.
Geff has 38 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1966.
- #24,069 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 38 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geff ranks #24,069 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #24,069 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Geff's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geff's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geff's full recorded timeline at 1964, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Geff popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1966
- Peak year (1958)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Geff by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (30 births, 79% of the file).
1960s was Geff's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Geff births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 30 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Geff: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1966 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Geff draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.