# Jorge (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jorge/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒɔ(ɹ)d͡ʒ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 140,166 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 139,476 / 690 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 989, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios). Doublet of George.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 21 | 4,727 |
| 1994 | 31 | 3,563 |
| 1995 | 29 | 3,712 |
| 1996 | 18 | 5,389 |
| 1997 | 16 | 6,011 |
| 1998 | 13 | 7,307 |
| 1999 | 13 | 7,444 |
| 2000 | 15 | 6,970 |
| 2001 | 11 | 9,028 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9,844 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10,001 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,120 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,375 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,917 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,839 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,043 | 188 |
| 2012 | 1,941 | 195 |
| 2013 | 1,848 | 208 |
| 2014 | 1,849 | 209 |
| 2015 | 1,707 | 225 |
| 2016 | 1,724 | 225 |
| 2017 | 1,552 | 238 |
| 2018 | 1,382 | 262 |
| 2019 | 1,366 | 265 |
| 2020 | 1,229 | 276 |
| 2021 | 1,238 | 278 |
| 2022 | 1,220 | 283 |
| 2023 | 1,224 | 277 |
| 2024 | 1,185 | 285 |
| 2025 | 1,069 | 323 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 852 |
| 2012 | 34 | 885 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 40 | 790 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 56 | 635 |
| 2018 | 46 | 731 |
| 2019 | 32 | 908 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 31 | 963 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,276 |

## People named Jorge

- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
- Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (1912–2001)
- Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina de facto president (1925–2013)
- Jorge Valdano, Argentine association football player and manager
- Jorge Garcia, American actor and comedian
- Jorge Solari, Argentine association football player and manager
- Jorge Alessandri, Chilean politician and President (1896–1986)
- Jorge Olguín, Argentine footballer
- Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala, Colombian politician (1903-1948)
- Jorge Wagner, Brazilian association football player
- Jorge Ben, Brazilian recording artist, musician, songwriter
- Jorge Carrascalle, Colombian football player

## 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.