# Jorma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jorma/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 68 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 68 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,215 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,488 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,085 |
| 1971 | 16 | 2,415 |
| 1972 | 7 | 4,197 |
| 1973 | 10 | 3,321 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,878 |
| 1977 | 10 | 3,720 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,734 |

## People named Jorma

- Jorma Kinnunen, Finnish athletics competitor (1941–2019)
- Jorma Kaukonen, American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, songwriter
- Jorma Taccone, American comedy writer, actor and film director
- Jorma Ollila, Finnish businessman
- Jorma Valkama, Finnish athletics competitor (1928-1962)
- Jorma Panula, Finnish conductor and composer
- Jorma Limmonen, boxer
- Jorma Tommila, Finnish actor
- Jorma Kortelainen, Finnish cross-country skier and rower (1932-2012)
- Jorma Valtonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (born 1946)
- Jorma Uotinen, Finnish dancer and choreographer
- Jorma Rissanen, Finnish information theorist (1932-2020)

## 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.