Jorma — boys' name
68 babies named Jorma in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Jorma was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jorma in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jorma
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Jorma between 1916 and 1980, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jorma currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jorma performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jorma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jorma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 68 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jorma at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jorma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1916
- Peak year (1971)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
68 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 16 births in a single year.
Jorma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 53 births that decade — 78% of Jorma's all-time total
Jorma decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jorma's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.