boy's name
Jorge
HOR-hay
- Origin Spanish
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 144,493
the United States
#322
2025 births
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of George, meaning farmer. The J is pronounced as a harsh H in Spanish, which makes it one of the least phonetically obvious names for English speakers.
- Jorge is a name of Spanish origin.
- Peaked in 2006, when 3,518 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,101 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1910.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Jorge over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 83 |
| 1920s | 369 |
| 1930s | 456 |
| 1940s | 1,094 |
| 1950s | 3,344 |
| 1960s | 7,184 |
| 1970s | 14,785 |
| 1980s | 21,938 |
| 1990s | 32,941 |
| 2000s | 33,093 |
| 2010s | 17,714 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 7,165 |
What Jorge means
Jorge means farmer, or worker of the earth. The Greek joins the word for earth to one meaning work, so the name describes an occupation rather than a quality.
Where Jorge comes from
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese George, from the Greek Georgios — ge, earth, joined to ergon, work. The same ge begins geography and geology; the same ergon gives energy. Saint George was a Roman soldier martyred under Diocletian, and the dragon arrived in his legend around a thousand years later, borrowed from older myth. He is patron of England, Portugal, Georgia and Ethiopia among many others. Spanish pronounces the J as a voiceless velar fricative, closer to the ch in loch than to any English J.
Jorge in use
Jorge peaked in the United States in 2006, when 3,518 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 322nd in the United States on 1,069 births, 1297th in England and Wales on 22 and 2932nd in France, across 144,493 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. Our records carry it from 1910.
How popular is Jorge?
In 2025, Jorge was given to 1,069 babies in the United States, ranking #322 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Jorge is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Jorge
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jorge also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jorge over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Jorge in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Atayal
- Yuri
- Bulgarian
- Georgi
- Catalan
- Jordi
- Chuvash
- Georgy
- Estonian
- Georg
- Finnish
- Georg
- French
- George
- Georgian
- Giorgi
- German
- Georg
- Greek
- Georgios
- Kazakh
- Georgy
- Macedonian
- Georgi
- Polish
- Jerzy
- Swiss German
- Juri
- Tajik
- Georgy
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Jori
Sibling names for Jorge
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jorge — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jorge
What does the name Jorge mean?
Farmer — the Greek ge, earth, joined to ergon, work.
How is Jorge pronounced?
HOR-hay. The Spanish J is closer to the ch in loch than to an English J.
Is Saint George's dragon original?
No — it arrived in his legend around a thousand years after his death, borrowed from older myth.
How popular is Jorge?
322nd in the United States, down from a 2006 peak of 3,518 births.
Is Jorge a girl's or a boy's name?
Jorge is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Jorge?
Jorge has 2 syllables.
Is Jorge a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jorge currently ranks #322 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.