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Geoffrey vs Geovanny

American parents have registered 54,534 Geoffreys since 1880, against 2,823 Geovannys. But in 2025 it was Geovanny that was commoner, 34 babies to 31.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Geoffrey against Geovanny, 1880 to 2025 0 400 800 1.2k 1.6k 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Geoffrey Geovanny

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 120 years in which either name was published, Geoffrey for 114 years and Geovanny for 6 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.

Side by side

  Geoffrey Geovanny
Total US births 54,5342,823
Most in one year 1,395167
Babies in 2025 3134
Estimated living today 46,0002,800
Median age today 4718
Peak year 19752009
Best rank 167th boys1,103rd boys
Rank in 2025 3,583rd3,379th
First recorded 18951974
Girls / boys 140 / 54,3940 / 2,823

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Geoffreys alive today are over 47; half the Geovannys are over 18. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Geoffrey and Geovanny.