General is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
General is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. General was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (105 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #10,233 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | #7,433 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #10,155 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | #10,083 |
| 2020 | 13 | 13 | #6,411 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | #7,322 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #11,237 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | #7,254 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | #6,469 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #6,455 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #7,746 |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | #5,245 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | #8,390 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | #5,761 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | #9,073 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #9,271 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #7,881 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #8,419 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #8,986 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #8,544 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | #7,162 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #8,762 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #7,792 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #7,021 |
| 1999 | 5 | 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 |