Georgi is a distinctive choice, ranked #1798 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Georgi in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1798
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About the Name Georgi
Georgi has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1393 places in five years. It was most popular in 2021 at #963 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Georgi is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Georgi in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Georgi
Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut) — Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov is a Bulgarian former military officer who was the first Bulgarian cosmonaut.
Georgi Stoychev — Georgi Stoychev is a Bulgarian former football player who played as a midfielder and defender.
Georgi Petkov (footballer, born 1988) — Georgi Petkov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Bulgarian Second League club OFC Pomorie, for whom he is captain.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Georgi
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Georgi per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Georgi in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Georgi is declining: down 747 places since 2020, to #1,798 in 2025. It peaked at #963 in 2021.
Georgi is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Georgi include: Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut), Georgi Stoychev and Georgi Petkov (footballer, born 1988). Short summaries for each appear below.
Georgi does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Georgis in the wild.
14
UK babies named Georgi (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 747 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Georgi
Almost certainly the only Georgi in the class
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UK Popularity (1997–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Georgi
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (Bulgarian: Георги Седефчов Първанов, IPA: [ɡɛˈɔrɡi pɐrˈvanof]) is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was the president of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012.
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (Russian: Георгий Валентинович Плеханов [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf] ; 11 December [O.S. 29 November] 1856 – 30 May 1918) was a Russian Marxist theorist, philosopher, and revolutionary.
Howard Mason Georgi III is an American theoretical physicist and the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University.
Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov, also known as Georgiy Mihaylovich Dimitrov, was a Bulgarian communist politician and revolutionary who served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party from 1933 to 1949, and the first leader of the Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 to 1949.