Jorge
Jorge was given to 1,069 boys in 2025, #323 among boys’ names; 140,166 Americans have been recorded with it since 1910 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 132,000 Americans named Jorge and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 19 and 41.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jorge by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jorge mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jorge is “a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English George.”
Derived from Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios). Doublet of George.
/d͡ʒɔ(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jorge?
#323 among boys’ names, 2025
Jorge fell from #225 in 2015 to #323 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.89 to 0.63 per 1,000.
3,518 babies in 2006, the peak
Jorge peaked in 2006, when 3,518 boys were given it, #120 among boys’ names. The 1,069 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,069 | #323 | 0.63 |
| 2024 | 1,185 | #285 | 0.69 |
| 2023 | 1,224 | #277 | 0.72 |
| 2022 | 1,220 | #283 | 0.70 |
| 2021 | 1,238 | #278 | 0.71 |
| 2020 | 1,229 | #276 | 0.71 |
| 2019 | 1,366 | #265 | 0.76 |
| 2018 | 1,382 | #262 | 0.76 |
| 2017 | 1,552 | #238 | 0.84 |
| 2016 | 1,724 | #225 | 0.91 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,707 | #225 | 0.89 |
| 2014 | 1,849 | #209 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 1,848 | #208 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 1,941 | #195 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 2,043 | #188 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 2,296 | #169 | 1.2 |
| 2009 | 2,514 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | 2,962 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 3,269 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 3,518 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 2005 | 3,441 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 2004 | 3,440 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 3,483 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 2002 | 3,458 | #109 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 3,447 | #110 | 1.8 |
| 2000 | 3,496 | #107 | 1.8 |
| 1999 | 3,311 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1998 | 3,463 | #107 | 1.8 |
| 1997 | 3,231 | #117 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 3,463 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1995 | 3,306 | #114 | 1.7 |
| 1994 | 3,294 | #112 | 1.7 |
| 1993 | 3,392 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1992 | 3,304 | #109 | 1.7 |
| 1991 | 3,052 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1990 | 2,913 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 2,705 | #122 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 2,475 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1987 | 2,172 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1986 | 2,185 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1985 | 2,294 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 1,867 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 1,910 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 2,026 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 2,109 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 1,998 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 2,017 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,634 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1977 | 1,580 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1976 | 1,654 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 1,541 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,427 | #168 | 0.91 |
| 1973 | 1,319 | #178 | 0.85 |
| 1972 | 1,197 | #194 | 0.74 |
| 1971 | 1,150 | #207 | 0.65 |
| 1970 | 1,121 | #221 | 0.60 |
| 1969 | 982 | #232 | 0.55 |
| 1968 | 904 | #237 | 0.52 |
| 1967 | 826 | #245 | 0.47 |
| 1966 | 759 | #265 | 0.43 |
| 1965 | 657 | #292 | 0.35 |
| 1964 | 609 | #313 | 0.31 |
| 1963 | 678 | #296 | 0.33 |
| 1962 | 630 | #311 | 0.30 |
| 1961 | 539 | #339 | 0.25 |
| 1960 | 547 | #331 | 0.26 |
| 1959 | 464 | #364 | 0.22 |
| 1958 | 422 | #378 | 0.20 |
| 1957 | 423 | #375 | 0.20 |
| 1956 | 371 | #390 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 369 | #376 | 0.18 |
| 1954 | 344 | #383 | 0.17 |
| 1953 | 273 | #426 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 256 | #436 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 223 | #453 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 187 | #491 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 183 | #489 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 151 | #540 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 152 | #547 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 121 | #585 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 128 | #528 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 96 | #627 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 80 | #723 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 57 | #871 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 59 | #829 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 67 | #751 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 50 | #875 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 53 | #857 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 44 | #950 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,000 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 45 | #947 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 40 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,131 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 57 | #835 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 52 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 58 | #880 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 59 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,000 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,343 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,677 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,571 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,467 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,245 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,846 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,826 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,949 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,537 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,380 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,162 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jorge a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jorge has been given almost only to boys: 690 girls in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jorge: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jorge, and how old are they?
132,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 140,166 Americans ever recorded as Jorge. The median Jorge alive today is 29 years old; half are between 19 and 41.
The 2020 Census counted 282,866 people named Jorge (548 women and girls, 282,318 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 127,074 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 243 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,920 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 18,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 40,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 48,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 18,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jorge born?
The states with the most babies named Jorge are Texas, California and Florida, with 56% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 287 | #137 | 2.8× |
| California | 221 | #180 | 2.6× |
| Florida | 80 | #264 | 1.3× |
| Arizona | 66 | #132 | 2.0× |
| New York | 30 | #537 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 30 | #377 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 27 | #419 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 23 | #462 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 19 | #422 | 0.8× |
| Colorado | 19 | #337 | 0.8× |
Where Jorge is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jorge is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jorge with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jorge
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jorge and names like it
- Compare Jorge and SergioBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sJorge peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jorge since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Jorge: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Jorge.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Jorge alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.