Geoffrey

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Geoffrey is an English masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound *gudą 'god' and *friþuz 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried, German Gottfried and Old English Gotfrith and Godfrith.

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Geoffrey first appears in the data in 1895 and has been recorded in 119 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1975 with 1,395 babies (rank #167 that year). In 2024 it was given to 40 boys (rank #3,056). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Geoffrey

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Geoffrey yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

54,509
Total babies (all years)
119
Years in the data
1,395
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18955#1,148
19005#1,392
19035#1,188
19088#1,053
19105#1,683
19115#1,838
19127#2,125
191317#1,278
191412#1,904
191518#1,682
19169#2,799
191718#1,772
191824#1,510
191923#1,545
192020#1,781
192123#1,604
192212#2,547
192322#1,661
192420#1,799
192522#1,653
192617#1,934
192725#1,534
192819#1,786
192920#1,694
193030#1,312
193131#1,244
193225#1,402
193339#1,039
193431#1,198
193526#1,337
193643#942
193751#858
193869#739
193988#622
1940148#476
1941223#385
1942235#394
1943300#354
1944279#358
1945321#334
1946458#303
1947578#286
1948584#278
1949588#277
1950614#264
1951565#288
1952624#276
1953668#269
1954670#273
1955710#265
1956793#259
1957747#276
1958773#274
1959734#290
1960798#281
1961824#274
1962794#273
1963821#267
1964846#264
1965866#253
1966838#249
1967883#236
1968947#232
19691,138#214
19701,287#201
19711,196#203
19721,053#211
1973977#224
19741,179#191
19751,395#167
19761,297#178
19771,263#185
19781,272#185
19791,263#191
19801,224#199
19811,245#198
19821,289#194
19831,320#189
19841,325#189
19851,322#191
19861,263#199
19871,305#198
19881,231#213
19891,208#224
19901,098#249
1991972#274
1992845#313
1993670#351
1994612#381
1995536#425
1996416#502
1997375#533
1998367#546
1999280#635
2000278#652
2001269#675
2002240#732
2003236#755
2004209#850
2005174#991
2006170#1,056
2007153#1,159
2008116#1,437
2009150#1,205
2010103#1,552
2011115#1,432
2012120#1,393
2013104#1,538
201497#1,613
201581#1,832
201680#1,866
201776#1,901
201870#2,053
201955#2,433
202046#2,702
202140#3,039
202248#2,729
202353#2,517
202440#3,056