Georgy
A masculine name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "earth worker".
Name Census estimates that about 39 living Americans carry the first name Georgy. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 63.4% of registrations being male. The average person named Georgy today is around 29 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Georgy births was 1968 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Georgy. 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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Georgy with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Georgy. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
39
~ 1 in 8,788,573 Americans
Peak year
1968
10 babies that year
Average age
29
years old
2018 SSA rank
#4,590
Tracked since 1967
Census
Georgy in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 505 people with the first name Georgy, which placed it at #20,449 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#20,449
National first-name rank
People counted
505
505 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
67.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Georgy
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Georgy is White at 67.5%. The next largest groups are Black (12.7%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (9.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Georgy described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Georgy at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White67.5% · 341
- Black or African American12.7% · 64
- Asian and Pacific Islander9.7% · 49
- Hispanic or Latino8.9% · 45
- Two or more races1.0% · 5
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 1
Gender
Gender distribution for Georgy
Georgy is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 41 total registrations, 26 (63.4%) were male and 15 (36.6%) were female.
Georgy as a male name
- Ranked #12,801 in 2018
- 5 male births in 2018
- Peak: 2015 (6 births)
Georgy as a female name
- Ranked #4,590 in 1968
- 10 female births in 1968
- Peak: 1968 (10 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Georgy leans strongly male. 445 people counted with this name were male (88.5%), compared with 58 female bearers (11.5%).
Popularity
Georgy: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Georgy from the 1960s through to the 2010s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 16 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Georgy 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 Georgy during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Georgy
The name Georgy originated from the Greek name Georgios, derived from the Greek word georgos, meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The name first appeared in ancient Greece and was later adopted by the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Georgios was a popular name among early Christian saints and martyrs, including Saint George, a 3rd-century Roman soldier who became a widely venerated figure in Christianity. The popularity of the name spread throughout Europe and the Middle East due to the cult of Saint George.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Georgy can be found in the Hagiography of St. George, a collection of ancient texts written between the 5th and 7th centuries, which recount the life and martyrdom of the saint. The name gained prominence during the Middle Ages, particularly in Eastern Europe and Russia.
In Russia, the name Georgy was borne by several notable historical figures, including Georgy Zhukov (1896-1974), a Soviet military commander who played a pivotal role in the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. Another famous bearer of the name was Georgy Plekhanov (1856-1918), a Russian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.
Other notable individuals named Georgy throughout history include Georgy Sedov (1877-1914), a Russian Arctic explorer who led expeditions to the Arctic regions; Georgy Grechko (1917-1975), a Soviet cosmonaut and the first Soviet citizen to walk in space; and Georgy Marchenko (1944-1986), a Soviet dissident and human rights activist who spent many years in Soviet labor camps.
The name Georgy has also been used in various literary works, such as Georgy Svarog, a character in the science fiction novel "Noon Universe" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and Georgy Alexandrovich Oblonsky, a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina".
People
Georgy + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Georgy 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
Georgy: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Georgy?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 39 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Georgy 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 8,788,573 US residents.
Is Georgy a common name?
We classify Georgy as "Very Rare". It ranks above 50.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 41 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Georgy most popular?
The single biggest year for Georgy was 1968, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Georgy is about 29 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Georgy in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 505 people with the name Georgy, or 0.17 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #20,449 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Georgy in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Georgy?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Georgy leans strongly male. 445 people counted with this name were male (88.5%), compared with 58 female bearers (11.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Georgy?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Georgy is White at 67.5%. The next largest groups are Black (12.7%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (9.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Georgy most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Georgy in the 2020 Census, accounting for 67.5% (341 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Georgy in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Georgy a male name?
Yes, 63.4% of people registered as Georgy 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.
Is Georgy still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Georgy in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Georgy can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many people have Georgy as a first name?
If you just want to know how many people have the name Georgy, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.