George
George places #126 across the country in 2025, holding steady. Its high-water mark came in 1921, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
What George carries
George · Greek
“husbandman”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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Five printables for George, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
George since 1880
George peaked in 1921 at #6; #126 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where George is most common
Among the states, George takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 1.31% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Vermont and New Hampshire next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near George
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Leon
#138 in 2025 · Greek
Margaret
#112 in 2025 · Greek
Eleanor
#12 in 2025 · Greek
Milo
#119 in 2025 · Greek
Cora
#113 in 2025 · Greek
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Margot
#102 in 2025 · Greek
Myles
#100 in 2025 · Greek
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About George
Where does George rank right now?
George places #126 across the country in 2025, holding steady. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of George?
“husbandman” is the meaning our source sets down, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for George?
The recipe puts Leon first, then Eleanor, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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