Geza — boys' name
260 babies named Geza in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Geza was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Geza in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geza
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Geza between 1912 and 1977, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Geza currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geza performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Geza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Geza in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geza 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 260 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.
Geza at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Geza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1912
- Peak year (1918)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
260 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 20 births in a single year.
Geza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 103 births that decade — 40% of Geza's all-time total
Geza decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Geza's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Geza by state
Where Geza concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 32 | 12.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 22 | 8.5% |
32 of 260 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 12.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 8.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 12.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–1977 (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.