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George vs Geovani

American parents have registered 1,497,260 Georges since 1880, against 1,502 Geovanis. George is still ahead, with 2,853 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

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

George Geovani

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 2009, when George had 2,387 and Geovani had 78.

Side by side

  George Geovani
Total US births 1,497,2601,502
Most in one year 27,68278
Babies in 2025 2,85322
Estimated living today 548,0001,500
Median age today 6317
Peak year 19212009
Best rank 6th boys1,861st boys
Rank in 2025 126th4,539th
First recorded 18801974
Girls / boys 9,963 / 1,487,2970 / 1,502

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 Georges alive today are over 63; half the Geovanis are over 17. That is 46 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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