Girls' name · since 1888
Georgette
Georgette has 13,462 recorded births since 1888 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,386 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,836 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,462
- born since 1888
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Georgette is the #3836 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13,462 recorded since 1888.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Georgette has been recorded 13,462 times among girls since 1888, currently ranked #3836 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 2025.
- #1,386 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,836 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,462 born since 1888
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Georgette ranks #1,386 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,836 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,462 born since 1888, peaking in the 1950s.
- #1,386 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,836 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,462
- born since 1888
- 1950s
- peak decade
Georgette's 13,462 recorded births place it above 98.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Georgette compares
13,462 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Georgette's all-time total is 36x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Georgette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,462 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 307 | 21 | 19,840 |
Georgette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Georgette splits its recorded history at 1959: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1888 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 307 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Georgette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–2025
- Peak year (1948)
- 307
- Annual births at peak, across 138 years of records
Georgette by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (2,567 births, 19% of the file).
1950s was Georgette's strongest decade.
2,567 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Georgette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 46
1890s
46 births
- 1900s 77
1900s
77 births
- 1910s 546
1910s
546 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,769 births
- 1930s 1,009
1930s
1,009 births
- 1940s
1940s
2,011 births
- 1950s
1950s
2,567 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,002 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,450 births
- 1980s 842
1980s
842 births
- 1990s 421
1990s
421 births
- 2000s 241
2000s
241 births
- 2010s 266
2010s
266 births
- 2020s 210
2020s
210 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 2,567 births (19% of all-time use).
How Georgette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Georgette's total volume
Georgette by state
Where Georgette concentrates geographically, total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,030 | 15.1% |
| #2 | California | | 1,332 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 877 | 6.5% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 708 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 691 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 617 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 335 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Maine | | 309 | 2.3% |
2,030 of 13,462 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Georgette appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Georgette's data
- Georgette's decade-level peak was the 1950s (2,567 total births); usage has since declined to 210 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Georgettes (2,030 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Georgette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~137 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, 1888–2025 (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 Georgette 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.