boy's name

Jorgen

  • Origin German
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 527

Jorgen is a boy's name. In 2022 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Jorgen is a name of German origin.
  • Peaked in 2003, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Jorgen 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 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jorgen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 16
1930s 10
1940s 5
1950s 5
1960s 18
1970s 20
1980s 76
1990s 131
2000s 130
2010s 55
2020s (to 2022) 18

How popular is Jorgen?

In 2022, Jorgen was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jorgen is used

Canada #2,008 5 in 1995
England & Wales #3,645 3 in 2002
France as Jörgen #5,338 5 in 2023
United States #10,092 7 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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.

How Jorgen is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Jörgen Jörgen is a rare spelling of Jorgen, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 15 times, mostly in France. 15

Names that peaked alongside Jorgen

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jorgen also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jorgen over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jorgen

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jorgen — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jorgen

How popular is the name Jorgen?

In 2022, Jorgen was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Jorgen a girl's or a boy's name?

Jorgen is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jorgen most popular?

Jorgen peaked in 2003, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.