Geoff

maleStatistical record

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

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

Geoff: Recorded since 1990, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #323, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#323highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Geoff's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2010	#3865
2011	#4647

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 8 of the 35 years from 1990 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1990–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1990–2024
Highest recorded position: #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1990–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Geoff appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 1990, and has registered 26 births with the name.

Geoff across 2 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.

Geoff'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	#323 (1990)	#323 (1990)	#785 (2024)	8 of 35	26 (1990–2024)	5 (2013)
England and Wales · Boys	#3225 (2002)	#3225 (2002)	#4647 (2011)	3 of 10	10 (2002–2011)	4 (2010)

Geoff 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 Geoff in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990sbusiest	15	5 of 10	3
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	5	1 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Geoff 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 2 regions, from 1990 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #323 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Geoff'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
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1990 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #323, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 12 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#785position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

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.

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Geordie · #727, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Esmond · #321, 11y
Mamie · #325, 14y
Fionna · #327, 11y
Izhaan · #318, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aarron · #323, 19y
Briain · #323, 12y
Cassian · #323, 27y
Aadam · #322, 29y

Geoff was ranked #323 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1990. 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.

Geoff 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 Geoff without appearing here.

Geoff moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #369 and #200 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #711.
Graeme Compare
In 2012 they stood at #369 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #711.
Ashley Compare
In 2012 they stood at #518 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #605.
Kristian Compare
In 2012 they stood at #518 and #283 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #605.

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 2 regions, from 1990 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #323 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Geoff

Geoff at a glance

What stands out in Geoff's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Geoff across 2 official records

Geoff by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Geoff appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Geoff

Geoff and the names beside it

Geoff moved ahead of

Geoff at a glance

What stands out in Geoff's record

Geoff across 2 official records

Geoff by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Geoff appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Geoff

Geoff and the names beside it

Geoff moved ahead of