Georgia

What Georgia means

Means “farmer”

Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Georgia” (revision 94539644), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Georgia?

US: Rising: up from #229 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #52 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1882, when 320 girls got the name (#81 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 614 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 905 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 184 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ID (4.89 per 1,000 girls), UT (4.63 per 1,000 girls), NH (4.21 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Georgia is #99 in the US and #175 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Georgia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Georgie162 US · 142 E&W
• Giorgia51 US · 19 E&W
• Jeorgia10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Georgia

Girls

• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Daphne#178“laurel, bay”^*
• Helena#363Editor’s note Up from #534 in 2015 to #363 in 2025 in the US
• Zara#212“flower”^*

For a brother

• Isaias#426Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #426 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Orion#334possibly “heaven's light”^*
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Solomon#422“peace”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Georgia’s. Rank is US 2025.