How Many People Are Named Jorja?

2,827

people named Jorja are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 120,900 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,943 babies named Jorja in Social Security records from 1942 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,375

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,011

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Peak Year

2006

267 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: JAWR-jə
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant of GEORGIA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Jorja in English. Counting Jorja and these spellings together, about 85,399 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

GerganaĐurađaĐurđaJiřinaGeorginaGeorgeannaGeorgeneGeorgiaGeorgianaGeorgetteGeorgineGyörgyiGiorgiaGeorgetaDjuradja

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Jorja in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jorja alive today is about 22 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 21 in 2025.

Under 30 2,440
86.3%
30 to 59 126
4.5%
60 and over 262
9.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jorja first appears in the records in 1942 and was given most often in 2006, to 267 babies. In 2025, 50 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jorja has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #978, in 2006. In 2025 it ranked #3,182.

Girls
Rank in 2025#3,182
Best rank#978 (2006)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,478 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jorja alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jorja were born in Texas than in any other state: about 119 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jorja was given 2.5 times as often in Indiana, 2.4 times in Washington and 2.1 times in Michigan.

Texas 119
California 111
Ohio 77
Michigan 76
Georgia 71
Indiana 64
Pennsylvania 64
Florida 64
Washington 59
Tennessee 51
Illinois 46
North Carolina 43
Wisconsin 38
Minnesota 36
Alabama 34
Missouri 32
Oklahoma 29
Virginia 28
Iowa 26
Mississippi 25
New York 23
Kentucky 16
Nebraska 16
South Carolina 12
Kansas 12
Arizona 11
Arkansas 6
Colorado 6
Oregon 6
North Dakota 6
Louisiana 5

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