Jorma
Jorma was last recorded in 1980, when 5 babies were given it; 68 Americans have been recorded with it between 1916 and 1980 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jorma by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jorma mean?
Wiktionary, Finnish section
Jorma is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the senses “Yahweh will raise” (literally) and “god Hermes + people” (Ἑρμόλαος).
Karelian form of Jeremias (ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm’yá, literally “Yahweh will raise”)) and of the Russian saint’s name Ермола́й (Jermoláj), from Ancient Greek Ἑρμόλαος (Hermólaos, “god Hermes + people”).
/ˈjormɑ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Finnish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jorma?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #6,732, in 1980; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
16 babies in 1971, the peak
Jorma peaked in 1971, when 16 boys were given it, #2,414 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | #6,732 | 2.8 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,718 | 6.1 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,876 | 3.2 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,319 | 6.4 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,195 | 4.3 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,414 | 9.0 |
| 1970 | 5 | #5,083 | 2.7 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,487 | 4.9 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,213 | 5.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jorma a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jorma has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 9 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jorma: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jorma, and how old are they?
An estimated 52 Americans named Jorma and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 136 people named Jorma (9 women and girls, 127 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 53 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.6 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.
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).