Geof
Geof is a male given name. Notable people with this name include:Geof Courtenay (1921–1980), English cricket player Geof Darrow, American comic book artist Geof Gleeson (1927–1994), British judoka Geof Isherwood, American illustrator Geof Kotila, American basketball coac h Geof Manthorne, American chef Geof Motley, Australian rules football player and coach
Meaning & Origin of Geof
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Geof is a male given name. Notable people with this name include:Geof Courtenay (1921–1980), English cricket player Geof Darrow, American comic book artist Geof Gleeson (1927–1994), British judoka Geof Isherwood, American illustrator Geof Kotila, American basketball coac h Geof Manthorne, American chef Geof Motley, Australian rules football player and coach
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The Story of Geof
Geof first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1956, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1963: 6 births, good for #3,646 nationwide. About 76% of every Geof on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Geof last appeared in the published SSA data in 1969, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Geof
Geof is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Geof's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #3,646. Use the chart and map above to compare Geof'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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