Goree — boys' name

What the Data Says About Goree

The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Goree between 1925 and 1944, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Goree currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Goree performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Goree shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Goree in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Goree 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 26 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.