General is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 2024. General first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (105 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #20,400 |
| 2023 | 11 | #15,252 |
| 2022 | 7 | #20,345 |
| 2021 | 7 | #20,264 |
| 2020 | 13 | #13,446 |
| 2019 | 11 | #15,332 |
| 2018 | 6 | #22,722 |
| 2017 | 11 | #15,529 |
| 2016 | 13 | #13,977 |
| 2015 | 13 | #14,028 |
| 2014 | 10 | #16,729 |
| 2013 | 17 | #11,704 |
| 2012 | 9 | #18,313 |
| 2011 | 15 | #12,900 |
| 2010 | 8 | #19,881 |
| 2009 | 8 | #20,185 |
| 2008 | 10 | #17,557 |
| 2007 | 9 | #18,723 |
| 2006 | 8 | #19,921 |
| 2005 | 8 | #18,932 |
| 2004 | 10 | #15,884 |
| 2002 | 7 | #19,345 |
| 2001 | 8 | #17,410 |
| 2000 | 9 | #15,757 |
| 1999 | 5 | #22,494 |
| 1997 | 7 | #16,893 |
| 1996 | 5 | #20,830 |
| 1995 | 8 | #14,877 |
| 1994 | 8 | #14,880 |
| 1993 | 13 | #10,549 |
| 1992 | 8 | #14,584 |
| 1991 | 7 | #15,624 |
| 1990 | 13 | #10,113 |
| 1988 | 9 | #11,628 |
| 1987 | 9 | #11,133 |
| 1986 | 6 | #14,142 |
| 1985 | 7 | #12,377 |
| 1984 | 11 | #8,985 |
| 1983 | 8 | #10,907 |
| 1982 | 9 | #10,341 |
| 1981 | 5 | #15,265 |
| 1980 | 8 | #11,022 |
| 1979 | 13 | #7,792 |
| 1978 | 12 | #7,884 |
| 1977 | 11 | #8,349 |
| 1976 | 8 | #9,816 |
| 1975 | 7 | #10,570 |
| 1974 | 17 | #5,732 |
| 1973 | 15 | #6,092 |
| 1972 | 15 | #5,930 |
| 1971 | 15 | #6,002 |
| 1970 | 13 | #6,406 |
| 1969 | 19 | #4,729 |
| 1968 | 14 | #5,435 |
| 1967 | 14 | #5,267 |
| 1966 | 21 | #4,118 |
| 1965 | 16 | #4,821 |
| 1964 | 18 | #4,612 |
| 1963 | 21 | #4,195 |
| 1962 | 21 | #4,170 |
| 1961 | 16 | #4,893 |
| 1960 | 21 | #4,157 |
| 1959 | 17 | #4,510 |
| 1958 | 21 | #3,990 |
| 1957 | 24 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 22 | #3,842 |
| 1955 | 23 | #3,670 |
| 1954 | 34 | #2,935 |
| 1953 | 40 | #2,615 |
| 1952 | 27 | #3,227 |
| 1951 | 39 | #2,555 |
| 1950 | 42 | #2,407 |
| 1949 | 37 | #2,572 |
| 1948 | 45 | #2,347 |
| 1947 | 45 | #2,365 |
| 1946 | 48 | #2,133 |
| 1945 | 52 | #1,904 |
| 1944 | 45 | #2,058 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,824 |
| 1942 | 54 | #1,892 |
| 1941 | 34 | #2,321 |
| 1940 | 53 | #1,785 |
| 1939 | 45 | #1,918 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,850 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,995 |
| 1936 | 50 | #1,766 |
| 1935 | 51 | #1,773 |
| 1934 | 59 | #1,635 |
| 1933 | 60 | #1,598 |
| 1932 | 51 | #1,810 |
| 1931 | 53 | #1,754 |
| 1930 | 45 | #2,019 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,997 |
| 1928 | 57 | #1,793 |
| 1927 | 81 | #1,473 |
| 1926 | 64 | #1,687 |
| 1925 | 63 | #1,713 |
| 1924 | 57 | #1,879 |
| 1923 | 70 | #1,627 |
| 1922 | 79 | #1,529 |
| 1921 | 91 | #1,421 |
| 1920 | 91 | #1,406 |
| 1919 | 99 | #1,297 |
| 1918 | 105 | #1,281 |
| 1917 | 81 | #1,414 |
| 1916 | 63 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 60 | #1,601 |
| 1914 | 41 | #1,719 |
| 1913 | 39 | #1,566 |
| 1912 | 39 | #1,456 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,885 |
| 1910 | 32 | #1,236 |
| 1909 | 33 | #1,116 |
| 1908 | 27 | #1,219 |
| 1907 | 24 | #1,225 |
| 1906 | 19 | #1,342 |
| 1905 | 24 | #1,192 |
| 1904 | 23 | #1,167 |
| 1903 | 15 | #1,442 |
| 1902 | 16 | #1,389 |
| 1901 | 15 | #1,332 |
| 1900 | 33 | #998 |
| 1899 | 28 | #915 |
| 1898 | 38 | #807 |
| 1897 | 18 | #1,191 |
| 1896 | 35 | #812 |
| 1895 | 20 | #1,135 |
| 1894 | 26 | #931 |
| 1893 | 29 | #834 |
| 1892 | 33 | #795 |
| 1891 | 27 | #819 |
| 1890 | 24 | #899 |
| 1889 | 34 | #703 |
| 1888 | 31 | #764 |
| 1887 | 27 | #742 |
| 1886 | 23 | #805 |
| 1885 | 36 | #615 |
| 1884 | 25 | #749 |
| 1883 | 25 | #704 |
| 1882 | 33 | #612 |
| 1881 | 24 | #662 |
| 1880 | 32 | #570 |