Geoffrey

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Geoffrey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Geoffrey: Recorded every year since 1952, its highest recorded position is #15, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
138times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#15highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for
18names it appears alongside

What stands out in Geoffrey's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 32 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#620
1997	#725
1998	#571
1999	#1082
2000	#773
2001	#983
2002	#869
2003	#1053
2004	#1160
2005	#1851
2006	#1224
2007	#2435
2008	#2507
2009	#1649
2010	#1344
2011	#1688
2012	#1589
2013	#1920
2014	#1421
2015	#1673
2016	#1271
2017	#1627
2018	#1533
2019	#1986
2020	#1723
2021	#1860
2022	#1879
2023	#4107
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 46 of the 59 years from 1964 to 2022.

In 2022: #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1879 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #15 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1987
Highest recorded position: #15 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1987).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Geoffrey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 46 ranked years and 690 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Geoffrey across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Geoffrey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#147 (1964)	#109 (1969)	#779 (2022)	46 of 59	690 (1964–2022)	38 (1972)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#15 (1952)	#15 (1952)	#97 (1987)	33 of 36	9,740 (1952–1987)	586 (1952)
New Zealand · Boys	#31 (1954)	#27 (1955)	#98 (1985)	29 of 32	4,439 (1954–1985)	272 (1957)
England and Wales · Boys	#620 (1996)	#571 (1998)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	438 (1996–2024)	32 (1998)

Geoffrey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Geoffrey in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	104	6 of 10	17
1970sbusiest	260	10 of 10	26
1980s	177	10 of 10	18
1990s	99	9 of 10	11
2000s	30	5 of 10	6
2010s	17	5 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Geoffrey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #15 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958.

Geoffrey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#773	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#571	32	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#725	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#620	26	High	Verified
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	205	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	225	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	230	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	269	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	248	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	254	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	277	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#25	348	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	430	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#21	458	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#23	440	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#25	422	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#16	479	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#15	552	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#15	566	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#16	521	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#16	566	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#17	539	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#16	573	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#15	586	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New Zealand	male	#98	51	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#89	58	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#79	60	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#95	57	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#78	73	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#86	66	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#78	81	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#74	86	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#86	79	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#65	109	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#51	128	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#51	141	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#50	144	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#50	144	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#52	155	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#48	152	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#44	148	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#54	140	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#48	158	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#44	200	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#36	220	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#32	248	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#33	223	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#30	262	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#31	253	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#27	272	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#27	244	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#27	264	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#31	223	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	12	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#195	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	15	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	18	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	14	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	17	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	20	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	21	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	19	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	23	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	27	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	19	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	23	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	25	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	23	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	27	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	21	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	38	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	31	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	26	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#109	32	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	15	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	22	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	14	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #15, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 32 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 586 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Genna · #456, 14y
Geoff · #323, 11y
Geordie · #727, 24y
Georg · #65, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brett · #15, 68y
Diane · #16, 73y
Lorraine · #14, 73y
Barry · #17, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Brett · #15, 68y
Bruce · #15, 61y
Gail · #15, 47y
Garry · #15, 71y

Comparisons involving Geoffrey

Existing comparison pages where Geoffrey and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Geoffrey in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Brian vs Geoffrey
Brian and Geoffrey changed places 13 times in New South Wales, Australia · Boys between 1952 and 1983, ending at #98 and #95.
Brian · Geoffrey · 32 shared years, 1952–1983 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Kevin vs Geoffrey
Kevin and Geoffrey changed places 13 times in New South Wales, Australia · Boys between 1952 and 1987, ending at #83 and #97.
Kevin · Geoffrey · 33 shared years, 1952–1987 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 1987 New South Wales, Australia ranking
John vs Geoffrey
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Boys within 2 years — John #1 in 1952, Geoffrey #15 in 1952.
John · Geoffrey · 33 shared years, 1952–1987 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1952 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Geoffrey within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Gary vs Geoffrey
Across 30 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Gary and Geoffrey averaged 5.7 places apart, ending at #85 and #95.
Gary · Geoffrey · 30 shared years, 1952–1983 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Geoffrey vs Colin
Across 21 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Geoffrey and Colin averaged 7.0 places apart, ending at #74 and #99.
Geoffrey · Colin · 21 shared years, 1954–1975 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1975 New Zealand ranking
Geoffrey vs Ross
Across 27 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Geoffrey and Ross averaged 7.1 places apart, ending at #98 and #96.
Geoffrey · Ross · 27 shared years, 1954–1985 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1985 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Geoffrey and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Geoffrey vs Justin
In New Zealand · Boys, Justin moved into the top 50 at #34 in 1971 as Geoffrey fell out of it to #51, having been #50 the year before.
Geoffrey · Justin · 15 shared years, 1968–1985 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1971 New Zealand ranking
Scott vs Geoffrey
In New Zealand · Boys, Scott moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1968 as Geoffrey fell out of it to #52, having been #48 the year before.
Scott · Geoffrey · 23 shared years, 1960–1985 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Geoffrey measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Geoffrey at its highest position.

Peter vs Geoffrey
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Boys within 2 years — Peter #1 in 1954, Geoffrey #15 in 1952.
Peter · Geoffrey · 33 shared years, 1952–1987 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1954 New South Wales, Australia ranking
William vs Geoffrey
Across 33 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, William and Geoffrey averaged 13.1 places apart, ending at #32 and #97.
William · Geoffrey · 33 shared years, 1952–1987 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1987 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Geoffrey vs Philip
Across 32 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Geoffrey and Philip averaged 13.3 places apart, ending at #95 and #69.
Geoffrey · Philip · 32 shared years, 1952–1983 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Geoffrey was ranked #15 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Geoffrey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Geoffrey without appearing here.

Geoffrey moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1649 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Geoffrey

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Andrea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2007.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Geoffrey

Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #147 to #779 while Conor went from #56 to #13.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #147 to #779 while Liam went from #54 to #8.
Darragh Compare
Between 1965 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #137 to #779 while Darragh went from #222 to #17.
Harry Compare
Between 1965 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #137 to #779 while Harry went from #250 to #18.

Moved the same way as Geoffrey

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #147 to #779 and Adrian from #65 to #225.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #147 to #779 and Alfred from #134 to #657.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #147 to #779 and Denis from #21 to #178.
Francis Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Geoffrey went from #147 to #779 and Francis from #16 to #251.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #15 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Geoffrey

Geoffrey at a glance

What stands out in Geoffrey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Geoffrey across 4 official records

Geoffrey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Geoffrey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Geoffrey

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Geoffrey

Geoffrey and the names beside it

Geoffrey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Geoffrey

Moved the opposite way to Geoffrey

Moved the same way as Geoffrey

Geoffrey at a glance

What stands out in Geoffrey's record

Geoffrey across 4 official records

Geoffrey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Geoffrey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Geoffrey

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Geoffrey

Geoffrey and the names beside it

Geoffrey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Geoffrey

Moved the opposite way to Geoffrey

Moved the same way as Geoffrey