How common is the name Jorge?

282,866 people in the United States have the first name Jorge, about 1 in 1,068. It ranks #186 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JORGE

#186

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
282,866
About
1 in 1,068
This common or more
40.3%
Who bears it

Of the 282,866 people named Jorge, 96.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jorge peaked in 2006, when 3,518 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
3,518
In 2025*
1,069 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 140,166 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jorge by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #217. The largest share of babies named Jorge, 35.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#4,59283
1920s#2,351369
1930s#1,927456
1940s#1,3311,094
1950s#8923,344
1960s#6287,184
1970s#35814,785
1980s#27421,938
1990s#21732,941
2000s#22733,093
2010s#40717,714
2020s#5557,165
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–645%
Generation X 1965–8015%
Millennials 1981–9630.5%
Generation Z 1997–1235.3%
2013 and later13.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jorge is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jorge has been most common in California (3.4×), Texas (3.2×), and Arizona (3.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.04×).

137,306 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jorge

#184 Alan · 284,872#185 Robin · 284,371#187 Judy · 281,131#188 Allison · 280,746

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jorge, most common first.

#12,367 Jorje · 1,009#21,056 Jorg · 486#39,915 Jorgue · 188#41,535 Jorgie · 176#47,034 Jorga · 140#51,822 Jorgo · 111

Also a last name

As a last name, Jorge ranks #5,406 of 156,621, with 6,228 people. See Jorge as a last name

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