Meaning not yet researched.
General: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #280 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #280 in 1885. No US babies were recorded with the name General in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #280 in 1885.
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General: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #280 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 105 (1918).
Fewer than five US boys were named General in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #280, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 105, in 1918. For comparison, it was #6,455 in 2015 and #1,092 in 1950.
Social Security card records list General in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 32 babies. In all, 4,025 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 698 babies named General.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 86 US boys were named General; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 13.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | 7 | #10,233 |
| 2023 | — | — | 11 | #7,433 |
| 2022 | — | — | 7 | #10,155 |
| 2021 | — | — | 7 | #10,083 |
| 2020 | — | — | 13 | #6,411 |
| 2019 | — | — | 11 | #7,322 |
| 2018 | — | — | 6 | #11,237 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,254 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,469 |
| 2015 | — | — | 13 | #6,455 |
| 2014 | — | — | 10 | #7,746 |
| 2013 | — | — | 17 | #5,245 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,390 |
| 2011 | — | — | 15 | #5,761 |
| 2010 | — | — | 8 | #9,073 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8 | #9,271 |
| 2008 | — | — | 10 | #7,881 |
| 2007 | — | — | 9 | #8,419 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #8,986 |
| 2005 | — | — | 8 | #8,544 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,162 |
| 2002 | — | — | 7 | #8,762 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #7,792 |
| 2000 | — | — | 9 | #7,021 |
| 1999 | — | — | 5 | #10,473 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #7,559 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #9,502 |
| 1995 | — | — | 8 | #6,595 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,573 |
| 1993 | — | — | 13 | #4,540 |
| 1992 | — | — | 8 | #6,327 |
| 1991 | — | — | 7 | #6,778 |
| 1990 | — | — | 13 | #4,252 |
| 1988 | — | — | 9 | #4,928 |
| 1987 | — | — | 9 | #4,692 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,206 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,352 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,783 |
| 1983 | — | — | 8 | #4,646 |
| 1982 | — | — | 9 | #4,351 |
| 1981 | — | — | 5 | #6,620 |
| 1980 | — | — | 8 | #4,650 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,232 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,278 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,464 |
| 1976 | — | — | 8 | #4,147 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,490 |
| 1974 | — | — | 17 | #2,393 |
| 1973 | — | — | 15 | #2,545 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,466 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,490 |
| 1970 | — | — | 13 | #2,667 |
| 1969 | — | — | 19 | #1,932 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,184 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,699 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,020 |
| 1964 | — | — | 18 | #1,925 |
| 1963 | — | — | 21 | #1,757 |
| 1962 | — | — | 21 | #1,776 |
| 1961 | — | — | 16 | #2,093 |
| 1960 | — | — | 21 | #1,787 |
| 1959 | — | — | 17 | #2,003 |
| 1958 | — | — | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1957 | — | — | 24 | #1,649 |
| 1956 | — | — | 22 | #1,692 |
| 1955 | — | — | 23 | #1,627 |
| 1954 | — | — | 34 | #1,297 |
| 1953 | — | — | 40 | #1,175 |
| 1952 | — | — | 27 | #1,472 |
| 1951 | — | — | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1950 | — | — | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1949 | — | — | 37 | #1,170 |
| 1948 | — | — | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1947 | — | — | 45 | #1,085 |
| 1946 | — | — | 48 | #971 |
| 1945 | — | — | 52 | #866 |
| 1944 | — | — | 45 | #968 |
| 1943 | — | — | 60 | #861 |
| 1942 | — | — | 54 | #902 |
| 1941 | — | — | 34 | #1,139 |
| 1940 | — | — | 53 | #864 |
| 1939 | — | — | 45 | #937 |
| 1938 | — | — | 49 | #901 |
| 1937 | — | — | 42 | #973 |
| 1936 | — | — | 50 | #865 |
| 1935 | — | — | 51 | #887 |
| 1934 | — | — | 59 | #815 |
| 1933 | — | — | 60 | #790 |
| 1932 | — | — | 51 | #905 |
| 1931 | — | — | 53 | #881 |
| 1930 | — | — | 45 | #1,027 |
| 1929 | — | — | 45 | #1,018 |
| 1928 | — | — | 57 | #884 |
| 1927 | — | — | 81 | #722 |
| 1926 | — | — | 64 | #825 |
| 1925 | — | — | 63 | #837 |
| 1924 | — | — | 57 | #929 |
| 1923 | — | — | 70 | #796 |
| 1922 | — | — | 79 | #743 |
| 1921 | — | — | 91 | #679 |
| 1920 | — | — | 91 | #668 |
| 1919 | — | — | 99 | #610 |
| 1918 | — | — | 105 | #597 |
| 1917 | — | — | 81 | #665 |
| 1916 | — | — | 63 | #775 |
| 1915 | — | — | 60 | #778 |
| 1914 | — | — | 41 | #845 |
| 1913 | — | — | 39 | #750 |
| 1912 | — | — | 39 | #683 |
| 1911 | — | — | 16 | #844 |
| 1910 | — | — | 32 | #494 |
| 1909 | — | — | 33 | #440 |
| 1908 | — | — | 27 | #479 |
| 1907 | — | — | 24 | #478 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #529 |
| 1905 | — | — | 24 | #454 |
| 1904 | — | — | 23 | #446 |
| 1903 | — | — | 15 | #586 |
| 1902 | — | — | 16 | #544 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #513 |
| 1900 | — | — | 33 | #387 |
| 1899 | — | — | 28 | #340 |
| 1898 | — | — | 38 | #309 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #463 |
| 1896 | — | — | 35 | #318 |
| 1895 | — | — | 20 | #444 |
| 1894 | — | — | 26 | #361 |
| 1893 | — | — | 29 | #325 |
| 1892 | — | — | 33 | #322 |
| 1891 | — | — | 27 | #327 |
| 1890 | — | — | 24 | #363 |
| 1889 | — | — | 34 | #290 |
| 1888 | — | — | 31 | #327 |
| 1887 | — | — | 27 | #322 |
| 1886 | — | — | 23 | #360 |
| 1885 | — | — | 36 | #280 |
| 1884 | — | — | 25 | #353 |
| 1883 | — | — | 25 | #334 |
| 1882 | — | — | 33 | #301 |
| 1881 | — | — | 24 | #337 |
| 1880 | — | — | 32 | #295 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).