Geoff
Geoff is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Geoff
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Geoff is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Geoff
American parents first put Geoff on the record books as a baby boy name in 1940, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 65 Geoffs were born — ranking #937 that year. About 32% of every Geoff on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Geoff last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Geoff
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Geoff. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Geoff
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Geoff
Geoff is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1940 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Geoff's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #937. Use the chart and map above to compare Geoff'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.