Geffen
The Story of Geffen
As a girl name
Geffen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2023, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 6 births, good for #13,455 nationwide. Geffen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Geffen on the record books as a boy name in 1997, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 7 Geffens were born — ranking #9,864 that year. About 61% of every Geffen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Geffen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 31 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Geffen
Geffen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 31 births in the dataset. Geffen's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #9,864. Use the chart and map above to compare Geffen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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