Georgi
Georgy is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria and the most given to new-born boys in the country, with the family name Georgiev/Georgieva also widely used. In Romanian the name is written as Gheorghe to signify the hard g sound.
- Bulgarian
Meaning & Origin of Georgi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Georgy is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria and the most given to new-born boys in the country, with the family name Georgiev/Georgieva also widely used. In Romanian the name is written as Gheorghe to signify the hard g sound.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bulgarian
The Story of Georgi
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Georgi as a girl name dates back to 1921, when 5 babies received it. 1953 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Georgi — #2,363 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Georgi on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Georgi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 419 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Georgi on the record books as a boy name in 2006, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 10 Georgis were born — ranking #7,591 that year. About 51% of every Georgi on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Georgi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 74 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Georgi
Georgi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 419 births in the dataset. Georgi's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #2,363. Use the chart and map above to compare Georgi'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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