Geofrey

Boys' name

Variant of Geoffrey

Geofrey has been given to 141 babies in the U.S. since 1953. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1990, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Geofrey, 1992

1 in 640,000

Geofrey over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Geofrey: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Geoffrey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Geofrey means

Geofrey is a variant of Geoffrey.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Geofrey is used in English (African).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛf.ɹi/ for Geofrey.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Geofrey → Geoffrey. The family’s proposed meaning is “peace, sanctuary”, recorded in English with the source elements friþuz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Geoffrey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 141 boys were recorded with the name Geofrey between 1953 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1990; its best national rank was #3,563 in 1953.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Geofrey?

Geofrey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1992: 1 in 640,000; 6 of 3,839,369 births
Among boys only: 1 in 333,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1992: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 443,542 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Geofrey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1992 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 443,542 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Geofrey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Geofreys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Geofrey was born before 1980 — so the typical Geofrey is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 40.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 81.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 141; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 40.4% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Geofrey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1990 (10)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,563; 1953

Spellings of Geofrey

Geofrey is not the most common spelling — Jeffrey is, with 94.2% against Geofrey's 0.01%.

Jeffrey94.2%979,601
Geoffrey5.2%54,394
Godfrey0.31%3,245
Geoffery0.15%1,514
Jefrey0.07%767
Geoffry0.07%677
Geofrey0.01%141

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Geofrey around the world

Where Geofrey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1981–1996
#2,733
in 1996
South Australia
1946–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Geofrey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,563; 1953
Peak year: 1990; 10 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 1992
All-time count: 141
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Geofrey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Geoggrey Geordie Georffrey Geovonni Geonni Georgio Georges Caffrey Georgiy Geovani Geordon Georgie Geovanie Geovany Geordi Winfrey Decorey Georgi Geordan Zackrey Jakorey Georgios Geoffry Geovannie

Sibling names for Geofrey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kacy Kortney Mai Shante Kathryne Jessika Brittni Kristian

For a brother

Laron Dejuan Antwon Akeem Tyron Shay Elizabeth Kelsey

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