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How popular is the name Geoffrey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Geoffreys are alive today.
Geoffrey (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 9 in 2024, ranked 2444th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1944, when around 2,900 babies were given the name, the 25th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1924, with around 2,500 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 15,000 babies have been named Geoffrey in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Geoffrey is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jeffrey; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Geoffrey you are most likely to meet is around 72 years old. Half of all Geoffreys born in England and Wales are between 57 and 78, and there are at least 83,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 24% chance that at least one of them will be called Geoffrey.
How many babies are named Geoffrey each year?
Includes all spellings: Geoffrey, Jeffrey. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Geoffrey spelling rank?
Where does the Jeffrey spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Geoffrey most popular?
Geoffrey peaked in 1944, when around 2,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Geoffrey?
At least 83,000 people named Geoffrey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Geoffrey?
Most living Geoffreys are between 57 and 78; the most common age is about 72.
Is Geoffrey becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak.