Boys' name · since 1915
Georg
Georg has 487 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,021 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 487
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
487 boys have been named Georg since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Georg has been recorded 487 times among boys since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2022.
- #8,021 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 487 born since 1915
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Georg ranks #8,021 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 487 born since 1915, peaking in the 1960s.
- #8,021 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 487
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Georg's 487 recorded births place it above 82.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Georg's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Georg's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Georg popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2022
- Peak year (1963)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Georg popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1936 (Georg as girls' name)
Georg by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (107 births, 22% of the file).
1960s was Georg's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Georg births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 33
1910s
33 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 34
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
54 births
- 1960s
1960s
107 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 107 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Georg's data
- Georg's decade-level peak was the 1960s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Georg: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1915–2022 (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 Georg 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.