Geoff
Geoff was last recorded in 2016, when 6 babies were given it; 1,549 Americans have been recorded with it between 1940 and 2016 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,280 Americans named Geoff and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 47 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Geoff by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Geoff mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Geoff is “a diminutive of the male given name Geoffrey.”
Clipping of Geoffrey.
/d͡ʒɛf/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Geoff?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,179, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
65 babies in 1962, the peak
Geoff peaked in 1962, when 65 boys were given it, #941 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #11,179 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,067 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,981 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,673 | 2.4 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,488 | 3.1 |
| 1999 | 5 | #10,468 | 2.6 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,845 | 3.1 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,675 | 5.3 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,589 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,376 | 7.2 |
Every recorded year (63)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 13 | #4,535 | 6.6 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,400 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,584 | 3.0 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,720 | 11.7 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,929 | 10.5 |
| 1988 | 18 | #3,001 | 9.4 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,585 | 11.2 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,933 | 16.8 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,264 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,737 | 9.4 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,964 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,770 | 6.1 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,946 | 8.4 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,390 | 11.8 |
| 1979 | 26 | #2,011 | 15.1 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,768 | 18.3 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,583 | 21.3 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,294 | 30.0 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,073 | 39.1 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,450 | 22.9 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,209 | 30.2 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,254 | 27.1 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,085 | 32.2 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,036 | 33.4 |
| 1969 | 61 | #986 | 34.1 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,374 | 18.4 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,156 | 24.1 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,222 | 21.3 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,172 | 22.6 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,205 | 20.6 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,007 | 28.1 |
| 1962 | 65 | #941 | 31.4 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,019 | 27.8 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,024 | 26.3 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,131 | 22.0 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,095 | 23.1 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,523 | 12.5 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,738 | 9.9 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,250 | 6.3 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,918 | 8.3 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,135 | 7.1 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,887 | 8.7 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,288 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,143 | 3.9 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,506 | 5.6 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,151 | 7.4 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,420 | 6.0 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,999 | 4.3 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,639 | 5.9 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,716 | 5.9 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,727 | 3.5 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,037 | 5.1 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,642 | 4.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Geoff a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Geoff has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 63 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Geoff: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Geoff, and how old are they?
1,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 1,549 Americans ever recorded as Geoff. The median Geoff alive today is 55 years old; half are between 47 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 5,986 people named Geoff (0 women and girls, 5,986 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,353 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.4 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Geoff rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 390 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 599 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 238 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 34 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Geoff born?
The states with the most babies named Geoff are California, Illinois and New York, with 90% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 253 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 40 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 36 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Washington | 10 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Oregon | 5 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Geoff is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Geoff is most over-represented in California: since 1940 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Geoff with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Geoff
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Geoff and names like it
- Compare Geoff and RobbBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sGeoff peaked in 1962.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Geoff since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Geoff.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Geoff alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with GMost given first.