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George vs Georgieann

American parents have registered 1,497,260 Georges since 1880, against 21 Georgieanns. George is still ahead, with 2,853 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: George against Georgieann, 1880 to 2025 0 8k 16k 24k 32k 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

George Georgieann

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

George has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1880 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.

The closest they came was 1942, when George had 21,425 and Georgieann had 9.

Side by side

  George Georgieann
Total US births 1,497,26021
Most in one year 27,6829
Babies in 2025 2,853under 5
Estimated living today 548,00012
Median age today 6382
Peak year 19211942
Best rank 6th boys3,194th girls
Rank in 2025 126thunranked
First recorded 18801942
Girls / boys 9,963 / 1,487,29721 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Georgieanns alive today are over 82; half the Georges are over 63. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: George and Georgieann.