Georgios
A masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".
Name Census estimates that about 1,020 living Americans carry the first name Georgios. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Georgios today is around 27 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Georgios births was 1981 (30 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Georgios. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
1.0K
~ 1 in 336,034 Americans
Peak year
1981
30 babies that year
Average age
27
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,454
Tracked since 1970
Popularity
Georgios: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Georgios from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 220 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Georgios remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Georgios by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Georgios during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Georgios' live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. New York, Massachusetts, Illinois recorded the most babies named Georgios, while Illinois, Massachusetts, New York recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 89 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Georgios
The name Georgios originates from the Greek language and culture. It is derived from the Greek word "georgos", which means "farmer" or "earth-worker". The name dates back to ancient times, around the 4th century BC.
Georgios was a popular name in ancient Greece, and it was often given to boys born into farming families or those who lived in rural areas. The name was also associated with the Greek god Gê, the personification of the Earth.
One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Georgios can be found in the works of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who lived in the 5th century BC. He wrote about a man named Georgios who fought in the Persian Wars.
Throughout history, there have been many notable individuals who bore the name Georgios. One of the most famous was Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355-1452), a Byzantine philosopher and scholar who played a significant role in the revival of Platonism during the Renaissance.
Another notable figure was Georgios Kastrioti Skanderbeg (c. 1405-1468), an Albanian military leader who fought against the Ottoman Empire and is considered a national hero in Albania.
In the realm of religion, Georgios Scholarios (c. 1405-1472) was a prominent Greek scholar and theologian who served as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1456.
The name Georgios also appears in the Bible, where it is mentioned as the name of one of the Seven Deacons in the Book of Acts.
Other famous individuals named Georgios include Georgios Papanikolaou (1883-1962), a Greek pioneer in cytology and the inventor of the Pap smear test, and Georgios Grivas (1898-1974), a Greek military officer and leader of the EOKA movement during the Cypriot struggle for independence from British rule.
People
Georgios + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Georgios as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with G
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Georgios: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Georgios?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,020 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Georgios going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 336,034 US residents.
Is Georgios a common name?
We classify Georgios as "Rare". It ranks above 90.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,048 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Georgios most popular?
The single biggest year for Georgios was 1981, when 30 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Georgios is about 27 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Georgios a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Georgios in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.