Georgena
Of Greek origin, meaning "farmer" or "one who works the land".
Name Census estimates that about 352 living Americans carry the first name Georgena. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Georgena today is around 65 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Georgena births was 1925 (24 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Georgena. 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 Georgena with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Georgena is about 65 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Georgenas were born before 1971.
People living today
352
~ 1 in 973,734 Americans
Peak year
1925
24 babies that year
Average age
65
years old
2010 SSA rank
#17,924
Tracked since 1895
Census
Georgena in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 475 people with the first name Georgena, which placed it at #21,400 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
#21,400
National first-name rank
People counted
475
475 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
77.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Georgena
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Georgena is White at 77.1%. The next largest groups are Black (12.2%) and Hispanic (6.5%). 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 Georgena 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 Georgena at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White77.1% · 366
- Black or African American12.2% · 58
- Hispanic or Latino6.5% · 31
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.1% · 10
- Two or more races1.7% · 8
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.4% · 2
Popularity
Georgena: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Georgena from the 1890s through to the 2010s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 143 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1920s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Georgena 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 Georgena during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Georgenas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. Alabama, Indiana, Michigan recorded the most babies named Georgena, while Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 5 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Georgena
Georgena is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the male name George. The name George traces its roots back to the ancient Greek name Georgios, which means "earth-worker" or "farmer." The name is thought to have originated in the late 4th century AD.
The name Georgena likely emerged as a feminized version of George during the Middle Ages in England. It was a common practice at the time to create feminine variants of traditionally masculine names by adding suffixes like "-a," "-ina," or "-ena."
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Georgena can be found in the parish records of St. Mary's Church in Bury St. Edmunds, England, where a Georgena Smyth was baptized in 1612. However, the name remained relatively uncommon until the 19th century.
A notable early bearer of the name was Georgena Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1719-1804), an English noblewoman and courtier. In literature, the name appears in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility," published in 1811, where a character named Georgena Lamb is mentioned.
Another prominent figure who bore the name was Georgena Cowper-Temple (1826-1895), an English philanthropist and social reformer who worked to improve education and housing conditions for the working class.
In the United States, one of the earliest recorded individuals with the name was Georgena Clements (1803-1877), a pioneer who settled in Illinois and later became involved in the women's suffrage movement.
Georgena Terry (1876-1954), an American entrepreneur, was a pioneer in the bicycle industry and founded one of the first companies to manufacture bicycles designed specifically for women.
While the name Georgena has never been extremely popular, it has been used throughout history in various parts of the English-speaking world, often associated with individuals from notable families or those involved in social and cultural movements.
People
Georgena + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Georgena 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
Georgena: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Georgena?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 352 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Georgena 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 973,734 US residents.
Is Georgena a common name?
We classify Georgena as "Very Rare". It ranks above 81% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 849 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Georgena most popular?
The single biggest year for Georgena was 1925, when 24 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Georgena is about 65 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Georgena in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 475 people with the name Georgena, or 0.16 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #21,400 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 Georgena 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 Georgena?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Georgena appears almost entirely female. Of the 480 people counted with this name, 99.6% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Georgena?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Georgena is White at 77.1%. The next largest groups are Black (12.2%) and Hispanic (6.5%). 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 Georgena most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Georgena in the 2020 Census, accounting for 77.1% (366 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 Georgena in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Georgena a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Georgena in the SSA data are female. 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 Georgena still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Georgena 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 Georgena 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 common is the name Georgena?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.