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Georg

Boys' name

Possibly farmer, earth worker, through George

Georg has been given to 497 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1963, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Georg, 2022

1 in 564,000

Georg over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Georg: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly farmer, earth worker, through George

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Georg means

Georg belongs to the name family reached through Georg → George. Its meaning is “farmer, earth worker”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.

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Origin, language, and formation

Georg is used in English, Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish.

Georg comes through da,et,fo,de,is,no,sv Georg and Latin Geōrgius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include George.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Georg is pronounced /ˈɡeː.ɔrk/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 487 boys were recorded with the name Georg between 1915 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1963; its best national rank was #2,139 in 1968.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Georg between 1936 and 1952. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1936; its best national rank was #4,453 in 1936.

How common is Georg?

Georg had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 564,000
6 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 291,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
391,139 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Georg 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 2022 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 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Georg. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Georgs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Georg was born before 1965 — so the typical Georg is around 60 today.

Median birth year
1965
About 60 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
22.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
357
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 22.0% of all recorded uses (107).

Is Georg 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
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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 1963 (15)
Years since peak
62
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,139
1968

Spellings of Georg

Georg is not the most common spelling — George is, with 98.1% against Georg's 0.03%.

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.

Georg around the world

Where Georg 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.

  • England & Wales
    2015–2017
    #3,996
    in 2017
  • France
    1952–1952
    #1,163
    in 1952
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #65
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1947–1998
    #534
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Georg 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
#2,139
1968
Peak year
1963
15 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
487
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,453
1936
Peak year
1936
5 that year
First recorded
1936
Last recorded
1952
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Georg

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

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Sibling names for Georg

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

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