NameTides

George

George was the #126 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,848 babies), and #7 in England & Wales and #99 in Canada.

George as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
George as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
George as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#126 (2,848)#7 (3,082)#50 (88)#34 (53)#112 (49)#99 (311)#24 (204)#21 (205)
2024#123 (2,902)#6 (3,257)#48 (91)#40 (50)#88 (63)#91 (310)#24 (203)#24 (203)
2023#136 (2,697)#4 (3,494)#58 (86)#25 (66)#105 (55)#103 (292)#24 (205)#34 (153)
2022#142 (2,640)#3 (3,699)#46 (103)#38 (59)#89 (70)#114 (284)#28 (214)#32 (174)
2021#134 (2,799)#3 (4,141)#52 (100)#31 (66)#84 (76)#108 (320)#26 (245)#32 (186)
2020#132 (2,775)#2 (4,100)#53 (94)#27 (70)#80 (78)#112 (306)#28 (231)#35 (168)
2019#120 (3,197)#2 (4,575)#39 (131)#28 (75)#65 (101)#94 (366)#31 (226)#39 (173)
2018#127 (3,083)#2 (4,960)#53 (110)#49 (59)#70 (94)#114 (316)#33 (234)#38 (154)
2017#124 (3,169)#3 (4,929)#55 (106)#58 (52)#88 (82)#106 (351)#29 (246)#39 (167)
2016#126 (3,313)#3 (5,263)#62 (107)#68 (47)#93 (77)#100 (376)#37 (207)#39 (151)
2015#135 (3,053)#4 (4,869)#53 (127)#54 (58)#90 (82)#128 (322)#38 (228)#38 (147)
2014#135 (3,007)#7 (4,320)#77 (91)#74 (43)#103 (72)#124 (337)#36 (243)#47 (130)
2013#157 (2,559)#10 (4,202)#84 (80)#68 (46)#115 (61)#143 (266)#54 (183)#71 (95)
2012#166 (2,334)#12 (4,408)#84 (84)#101 (31)#116 (61)#160 (243)#63 (163)#68 (99)
2011#165 (2,318)#12 (4,347)#102 (66)#108 (28)#123 (59)#169 (219)#57 (168)#76 (90)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #5.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 600common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 88very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 220common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 480common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 510common

Next year

On its recent trend, George is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 590 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 550 to 1 in 630.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

George by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #61MEWisconsin: #87WIVermont: #64VTNew Hampshire: #66NHWashington: #157WAIdaho: #109IDMontana: #96MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #59MNIllinois: #76ILMichigan: #123MINew York: #100NYMassachusetts: #66MAOregon: #119ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #119IAIndiana: #112INOhio: #127OHPennsylvania: #114PANew Jersey: #165NJConnecticut: #82CTRhode Island: #71RICalifornia: #165CAUtah: #128UTColorado: #107CONebraska: #184NEMissouri: #98MOKentucky: #180KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #91VAMaryland: #128MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #217AZNew Mexico: #179NMKansas: #92KSArkansas: #199ARTennessee: #127TNNorth Carolina: #125NCSouth Carolina: #99SCDistrict of Columbia: #10DCOklahoma: #142OKLouisiana: #118LAMississippi: #189MSAlabama: #101ALGeorgia: #114GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #175TXFlorida: #165FL
George (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#94126
Quebec2025#18729

George (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GeorgeCanadaBoys#99311
GeorgeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
GeorgeEngland & WalesBoys#73,082
GeorgeIrelandBoys#11249
GeorgeNorthern IrelandBoys#3453
GeorgeNSWBoys#24204
GeorgeScotlandBoys#5088
GeorgeUSGirls#14,9425
GeorgeUSBoys#1262,848
GeorgeVICBoys#21205