Jorge: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced HOR-hay · 2 syllables

Derived from Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, from Ancient Greek (Georgios). Doublet of George.

How popular is Jorge?

Jorge was the #322 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,069 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 37% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Jorge in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Jorge are older than 34; most are between 19 and 62. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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

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

Jorge is pronounced HOR-hay.

Jorge was the #322 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,069 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 37% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Jorge are older than 34. Most are between 19 and 62.