Unisex name · since 2014
Jorah
276 babies named Jorah in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,106 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,939 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jorah currently ranks #3939 among unisex names in America, with 276 babies recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Jorah recorded 276 times among boys since 2014, holding rank #3939 nationally today, ahead of 72% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #11,106 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,939 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 276 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jorah ranks #11,106 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,939 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 276 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,106 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,939 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jorah's 276 recorded births place it above 75.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jorah compares
276 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jorah's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jorah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 276 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jorah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jorah's full recorded timeline at 2020, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jorah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jorah popularity over time - girls
78 total births recorded since 2000 (Jorah as girls' name)
Jorah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (158 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Jorah's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Jorah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s
2020s
158 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 158 births (57% of all-time use).
Jorah by state
Where Jorah concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 4.0% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.8% |
11 of 276 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Jorahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jorah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jorah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.