Geoff — boys' name

What the Data Says About Geoff

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,549 babies named Geoff between 1940 and 2016, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Geoff currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geoff performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 493 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Geoff shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 253 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Geoff in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geoff 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 1,549 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.