US rank #2706 Boys' name Peak 2022 1,268 births

Geo — #2706 US boys' name

1,268 babies named Geo in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s1291890s1051900s1261910s2191920s1611930s211980s121990s162000s412010s2092020s229
#2706
of 14,243 boys in use

More common than 81% of names given to boys today.

2020s
Peak decade

18% of everyone ever named Geo was born in this single decade.

2022
Single peak year

56 babies were named Geo in 2022 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Geo

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,268 babies named Geo between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Geo currently holds the #2706 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geo performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Geo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Geo in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geo 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 1,268 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.

Geo at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

1,268

Since 1880

145 years of records

Peak year

2022

56 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

#2,706

Among boys

As of 2024

Active since

1880

Recorded for 145 years

Last year on file: 2024

Geo popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
56
Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
0204060 202420141999192719171907189718871880 16

Geo popularity over time — girls

16 total births recorded since 1915 (Geo as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 16 births
4.555.566.5 192219181915 5

Geo by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
229 births that decade — 18% of Geo's all-time total
1880s1291890s1051900s1261910s2191920s1611930s211980s121990s162000s412010s2092020s229

Geo by state

Where Geo concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Geo
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
75 5.9%
#2 Texas
13 1.0%
#3 Illinois
7 0.6%
#4 Washington
6 0.5%
#5 New York
5 0.4%
California share of Geo's total US births 5.9%
Even split

75 of 1,268 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Geo?
1,268 babies have been named Geo since 1880. It currently ranks #2706 among boys. The peak year was 2022 with 56 births.
When was Geo most popular?
Geo was most popular in the 2020s decade with 229 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Where is Geo most popular?
The top states for the name Geo are California (75 births), Texas (13 births), Illinois (7 births).
How long has the name Geo been used?
Geo has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 145 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Geo?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include George, Geoffrey, Geovanni, Geovanny, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.