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The first name Jorma

A boy’s name.

2 syllables Male

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Jorma at birth, 1880–2025

In 1980, 5 boys born in the United States were named Jorma, the 6,734th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1971, when 16 were.

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68
babies named Jorma since 1880
#6,734
rank in 1980
1971
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Jorma

23 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Jorma Kinnunen
    Finnish athletics competitor (1941–2019)
  • Jorma Kaukonen
    American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, songwriter, born 1940
  • Jorma Taccone
    American comedy writer, actor and film director, born 1977
  • Jorma Ollila
    Finnish businessman, born 1950
  • Jorma Valkama
    Finnish athletics competitor (1928-1962)
  • Jorma Panula
    Finnish conductor and composer, born 1930
  • Jorma Limmonen
    Boxer, 1934–2012
  • Jorma Tommila
    Finnish actor, born 1959
  • 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, born 1950
  • Jorma Rissanen
    Finnish information theorist (1932-2020)

Questions

When was Jorma most popular?
1971 in the United States, when 16 babies were named Jorma, its highest rank at 2,415th.