How Many People Are Named Geoffrey?
people named Geoffrey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,441 people in the US has this name
Based on 54,534 babies named Geoffrey in Social Security records from 1895 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,395 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Norman French form of a Germanic name. The second element is Germanic frid "peace", but the first element may be either gawia "territory", walha "foreign" or gisil "hostage". It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form. In the later Middle Ages Geoffrey was further confused with the distinct name Godfrey.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Geoffrey in English. Counting Geoffrey and these spellings together, about 1,071,974 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Geoffrey (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Geoffrey alive today is about 48 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Geoffrey first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1975, to 1,395 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Geoffrey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #167, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #3,598.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,598 |
| Best rank | #167 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #200 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Geoffrey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Geoffrey were born in California than in any other state: about 5,703 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Geoffrey was given 2.2 times as often in Connecticut, 2.2 times in District of Columbia and 1.9 times in Massachusetts.
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