Jorge

What Jorge means

Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”

Doublet of George || Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doub

Source: Wiktionary, “Jorge” (revision 93626316) and “George” (revision 94539616), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jorge?

US: Falling: down from #225 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #790 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1996, when 3,463 boys got the name (#113 that year). First in the US records in 1910.

How common

• About 1 in 1,598 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,361 baby boys in England and Wales 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 AZ (2.02 per 1,000 boys), TX (1.64 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jorge is #322 in the US and #1276 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jorge were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Jorge

Boys

• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Ricardo#380Same root as Richard, meaning “king, ruler + hard, brave”^*
• Manuel#371“pillar”^*
• Ernesto#878Spanish form of Ernest, meaning “vigor, strife”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025

For a sister

• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US

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