How Many People Are Named General?
people named General are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 307,914 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,025 babies named General in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
105 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name General in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named General alive today is about 54 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 33 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
General first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 105 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
General has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #280, in 1885.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #280 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #791 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named General alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named General were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 53 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, General was given 7.4 times as often in Alabama, 6.6 times in Georgia and 4.3 times in North Carolina.
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