Jorge
Jorge is ranked 285th among boys in 2024 (1,179 births). Its best rank was 107th, in 1993, 1998–2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #285down 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,1790.07% of boys
- Peak year
- 20063,518 births
- Best rank
- #107first in 1993
- Since 1910
- 138,386people given the name
The story in the numbers
138,386 boys have been named Jorge in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 3,518 births — 0.17% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 209 → 285).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2000s alone account for 24%. It has spent 95 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jorge | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 83 | |
| 1920s | 369 | |
| 1930s | 456 | |
| 1940s | 1,094 | |
| 1950s | 3,333 | |
| 1960s | 7,128 | |
| 1970s | 14,639 | |
| 1980s | 21,736 | |
| 1990s | 32,727 | |
| 2000s | 33,028 | |
| 2010s | 17,705 | |
| 2020s | 6,088 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Jorge was the 120th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Jorge
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sergiopeak 1995
- Gerardopeak 2000
- Marcopeak 2005
- Demitriuspeak 1992
- Miguelpeak 2007
- Rigobertopeak 2001
- Luispeak 2007
- Arunpeak 1995
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.