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General

Boy

Classic name

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In 1918, General reached its peak: 105 boys, 1 baby in 20,677. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 142 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.
4,025births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 596rank at its peak, in 1918

Where babies named General are born

1918

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The darker the blue, the more common General is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, General is most common in Alabama (7.7 times) and Georgia (6.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

Gaston · Elmore · Pearl · Carlyle · Nels · Henderson

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