# Georgia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/georgia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “farmer” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɔɹ.d͡ʒə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Gia |
| Variant spellings | Jorja |
| US babies named this | 167,019 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 729 / 166,290 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 49,118, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).

## What it means

Georgia is grouped under farmer.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,048 | 305 |
| 2012 | 1,068 | 297 |
| 2013 | 1,265 | 251 |
| 2014 | 1,333 | 242 |
| 2015 | 1,442 | 229 |
| 2016 | 1,418 | 226 |
| 2017 | 1,321 | 242 |
| 2018 | 1,424 | 221 |
| 2019 | 1,481 | 205 |
| 2020 | 1,614 | 177 |
| 2021 | 1,744 | 167 |
| 2022 | 1,754 | 163 |
| 2023 | 2,172 | 128 |
| 2024 | 2,467 | 110 |
| 2025 | 2,619 | 99 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 10 | 2,552 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,197 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,028 |
| 1955 | 8 | 3,054 |
| 1956 | 8 | 3,051 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,713 |
| 1958 | 10 | 2,707 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,252 |
| 1962 | 6 | 3,785 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,271 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,262 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,371 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,697 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,620 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,314 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,022 | 60 |
| 2012 | 1,055 | 55 |
| 2013 | 1,003 | 60 |
| 2014 | 1,163 | 48 |
| 2015 | 1,115 | 52 |
| 2016 | 1,078 | 54 |
| 2017 | 898 | 63 |
| 2018 | 747 | 71 |
| 2019 | 698 | 75 |
| 2020 | 608 | 84 |
| 2021 | 501 | 104 |
| 2022 | 424 | 120 |
| 2023 | 386 | 133 |
| 2024 | 327 | 156 |
| 2025 | 280 | 175 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Георгия, Гергана, Джорджия
- Chinese: 喬治娅
- Czech: Jiřina
- Greek: Γεωργία
- Hindi: जॉर्जिया
- Hungarian: Györgyi
- Italian: Giorgia
- Latvian: Džordžija
- Portuguese: Geórgia
- Romanian: Georgia, Georgeta
- Russian: Георгия
- Slovak: Georgia

## People named Georgia

- Georgia Stanway, English association football player
- Georgia Engel, American actress (1948–2019)
- Georgia Hale, American silent film actress (1905–1985)
- Georgia Taylor-Brown, British triathlete
- Georgia Tennant, English actress
- Georgia Bell, British athlete
- Georgia Coleman, diver
- Georgia Simmerling, Canadian alpine skier
- Georgia King, British actress
- Georgia Benkart, American mathematician (1947–2022)
- Georgia Gould, American professional racing cyclist
- Georgia Gibbs, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.