Jorja
Jorja was given to 50 girls in 2025, #3,182 among girls’ names; 2,943 Americans have been recorded with it since 1942 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,820 Americans named Jorja and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 15 and 22.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jorja by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jorja mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jorja is “a female given name from Ancient Greek, a new Australian spelling of Georgia.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jorja?
#3,182 among girls’ names, 2025
Jorja fell from #3,157 in 2015 to #3,182 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 29.7 to 31.1 per million.
267 babies in 2006, the peak
Jorja peaked in 2006, when 267 girls were given it, #978 among girls’ names. The 50 births of 2025 are 19% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,182 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,785 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,544 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,439 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,641 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,521 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,195 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,279 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,622 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,739 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (70)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 53 | #3,157 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,159 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,421 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 91 | #2,108 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 148 | #1,507 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 127 | #1,673 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 142 | #1,587 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 214 | #1,191 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 246 | #1,066 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 267 | #978 | 0.14 |
| 2005 | 224 | #1,066 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,673 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 118 | #1,634 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,721 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,737 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,868 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,641 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,241 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,012 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,090 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,414 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,062 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,433 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,164 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,542 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,269 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,948 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,432 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,065 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,839 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,637 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,958 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,000 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,549 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,574 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,968 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,813 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,568 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,762 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,015 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,331 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,668 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,065 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,786 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 16 | #3,035 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,328 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,771 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,243 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,292 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,742 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,264 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,365 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,154 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,490 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,034 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,473 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,790 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,881 | under 0.01 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,963 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jorja a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jorja has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 70 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jorja: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jorja, and how old are they?
2,820 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 2,943 Americans ever recorded as Jorja. The median Jorja alive today is 19 years old; half are between 15 and 22.
The 2020 Census counted 2,515 people named Jorja (2,495 women and girls, 20 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,603 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 242 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 67 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 75 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,840 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 595 |
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 Jorja born?
The states with the most babies named Jorja are California, Georgia and Florida, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 10 | #2,014 | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,644 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 5 | #2,309 | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ 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 Jorja 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 Jorja
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 Jorja and names like it
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- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Jorja.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Jorja alive today were born 1997-2012.
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