# Georges (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/georges/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 902 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 902 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 64, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Georges.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 15 | 5,901 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,019 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,370 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,235 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,783 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,138 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,140 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,167 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,705 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,218 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,703 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,658 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,419 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,931 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Georges

- Georges Bizet, French composer (1838–1875)
- Georges Danton, French revolutionary (1759–1794)
- Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (1903–1986)
- Georges Cuvier, French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
- Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (1882-1963)
- Georges Lemaître, Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
- Georges Charpak, French physicist (1924-2010)
- Georges Méliès, French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)
- Georges Seurat, French painter (1859-1891)
- Georges Bataille, French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)
- Georges Bernanos, French writer (1888–1948)
- Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French official and politician (1809-1891)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.