Georgia: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced JOR-juh · 2 syllables

Georgia means “farmer”, from Greek.

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

How popular is Georgia?

Georgia was the #99 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,619 babies. It’s rising: up 75% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1900.

Babies named Georgia in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1900).

Half of US adults named Georgia are older than 66; most are between 20 and 88. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Georgia have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Georgia means “farmer”. It comes from Greek.

Georgia is pronounced JOR-juh.

Georgia was the #99 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,619 babies. It’s rising: up 75% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1900.

Half of US adults named Georgia are older than 66. Most are between 20 and 88.