Jorge

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962 · #322 for boys in 2025, 1,069 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 3,496 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
139,476
since 1910

Jorge over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jorge has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #107, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3221,069
2024—#2851,185
2023—#2771,224
2022—#2831,220
2021—#2781,238
2020—#2761,229
2019—#2651,366
2018—#2621,382
2017—#2381,552
2016—#2251,724
2015—#2251,707
2014—#2091,849
2013—#2081,848
2012#14,9626#1951,941
2011—#1882,043
2010—#1692,296
2009—#1552,514
2008—#1382,962
2007#17,6365#1283,269
2006—#1203,518
2005#14,5026#1183,441
2004#11,6248#1183,440
2003#9,67110#1163,483
2002#9,48210#1093,458
2001#8,75811#1103,447
2000#6,80815#1073,496
1999#7,23913#1073,311
1998#7,10413#1073,463
1997#5,86816#1173,231
1996#5,28018#1133,463
1995#3,67029#1143,306
1994#3,53631#1123,294
1993#4,67121#1073,392
1992#3,77328#1093,304
1991#5,18118#1123,052
1990#4,00325#1162,913
1989#4,02024#1222,705
1988#4,17221#1222,475
1987#4,66017#1282,172
1986#3,75722#1272,185
1985#3,98320#1242,294
1984#3,99019#1441,867
1983#3,94919#1391,910
1982#3,53023#1392,026
1981#5,57112#1282,109
1980#3,85320#1391,998
1979#2,93129#1342,017
1978#3,77719#1531,634
1977#4,42515#1541,580
1976#5,60110#1521,654
1975#4,37014#1571,541
1974#4,04115#1681,427
1973#4,87111#1781,319
1972#6,5587#1941,197
1971#5,5439#2071,150
1970#3,71216#2211,121
1969#6,6176#232982
1968#4,48910#237904
1967#6,0426#245826
1966#5,8096#265759
1965#5,8176#292657
1964#5,4747#313609
1963#5,8916#296678
1962—#311630
1961#5,8516#339539
1960—#331547
1959—#363464
1958#6,1035#378422
1957—#375423
1956—#389371
1955—#376369
1954—#384344
1953#4,5957#426273
1952—#437256
1951—#451223
1950—#492187
1949—#490183
1948—#540151
1947—#545152
1946—#581121
1945—#527128
1944—#62696
1943—#72180
1942—#86757
1941—#82859
1940—#75167
1939—#86750
1938—#85253
1937—#94244
1936—#98940
1935—#94045
1934—#1,02440
1933—#1,02839
1932—#1,12636
1931—#83157
1930—#92852
1929—#1,01045
1928—#87258
1927—#88459
1926—#99248
1925—#1,42527
1924—#1,28732
1923—#1,32230
1922—#1,54524
1921—#1,64822
1920—#1,54324
1919—#1,44925
1918—#3,0968
1917—#2,7329
1916—#2,7309
1915—#2,8298
1914—#2,4578
1913—#2,2737
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Jorge! It came in at #1,118, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1912, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Jorge is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedMNIllinois: #168 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 1,074 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedWIMichigan: #663 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 13,779 boysMINew York: #121 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 767 boysNYMassachusetts: #223 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,690 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedINOhio: #599 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,562 boysOHPennsylvania: #417 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,197 boysPANew Jersey: #103 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 656 boysNJConnecticut: #157 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,189 boysCTCalifornia: #81 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 400 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedVAMaryland: #349 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,717 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedDEArizona: #191 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 997 boysAZNew Mexico: #258 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,471 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #505 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,206 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jorge, so not publishedHITexas: #82 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 348 boysTXFlorida: #123 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 616 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#81 · 1 in 400
  2. Texas#82 · 1 in 348
  3. New Jersey#103 · 1 in 656
  4. New York#121 · 1 in 767
  5. Florida#123 · 1 in 616

Best ever in a state: #38 in Texas, 1996.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#813751 in 400
Texas#823061 in 348
New Jersey#103701 in 656
New York#1211591 in 767
Florida#123821 in 616
Connecticut#157151 in 1,189
Illinois#168771 in 1,074
Arizona#191171 in 997
Massachusetts#223141 in 2,690
New Mexico#25861 in 1,471
Maryland#34951 in 4,717
Pennsylvania#417111 in 7,197
Louisiana#50561 in 5,206
Ohio#59961 in 13,562
Michigan#66351 in 13,779
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jorge
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#285 → #322)
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#276 → #322)
  • 97 spots since 2015 (#225 → #322)
  • Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1926 (#1,425 → #992)
  • Biggest drop: 295 spots in 1932 (#831 → #1,126)
Rise & fade · boys
90 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 2000 at #107 (3,496 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 96 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1935–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 547
  • Highest: 1 in 547 boys born in 1996 were named Jorge (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,598 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #107 in 2000, was only 1 in 562 (0.18%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 23.7% of all boys named Jorge (33,028) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s83#1,118 (1910)#2,336
1920s369#872 (1928)#1,253
1930s456#831 (1931)#953
1940s1,094#490 (1949)#648
1950s3,332#363 (1959)#407
1960s7,131#232 (1969)#286
1970s14,640#134 (1979)#172
1980s21,741#122 (1989)#131
1990s32,729#107 (1998)#111
2000s33,028#107 (2000)#122
2010s17,708#169 (2010)#218
2020s7,165#276 (2020)#287

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jorge in 1972

girls
#6,558
7 births · 1 in 217,321 girls
boys
#194
1,197 births · 1 in 1,355 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #6,558Jorge7

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #194Jorge1,197
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 217,321 of them was named Jorge, which outranked 32.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jorge
  1. #5,959Zoie8
  2. #5,959Zona8
  3. #5,959Zuleika8
  4. #6,558Jorge7
  5. #6,558Acacia7
  6. #6,558Acquanetta7
  7. #6,558Adel7
  8. #7,292Adonia6
  9. #7,292Afua6
  10. #7,292Aggie6

Tied with 733 names at #6,558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,355 of them was named Jorge, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jorge
  1. #191Clarence1,214
  2. #192Nathaniel1,208
  3. #193Daryl1,200
  4. #194Jorge1,197
  5. #195Casey1,190
  6. #196Alex1,182
  7. #197Ray1,178
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →