Jorge
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Spanish Form Of George Farmer
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Jorge
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of George (see separate entry on George for the Greek Geōrgios etymology meaning "farmer"). The Spanish/Portuguese form has been used continuously across Spanish-speaking countries for over a millennium, anchored by Saint George (the patron saint of Catalonia, Portugal, and various Spanish-speaking regions).
Notable bearers include Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, the Argentine poet and short-story master whose works Ficciones and The Aleph made him one of the foundational figures of 20th-century Latin American literature); Argentine Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis since 2013); Spanish painter Jorge Salavert; and American baseball player Jorge Posada (longtime New York Yankees catcher).
Jorge has been continuously among the popular boys' names in Spanish-speaking American communities for over a century. The name held a US top-100 boys' rank from 1980 through 2010, driven primarily by Spanish-language naming influence. The name's appeal is its compact Spanish-American elegance — two short syllables, instantly readable across English and Spanish, the in-built Saint George/dragon-slayer cultural register, and tonal warmth distinctive to Spanish-language naming. The name reads as both classically religious and contemporary in Spanish-American naming. Common nicknames Jorgi, Jorgie, and the rare Coco (an affectionate Spanish-American form) each carry distinct registers; international forms include George (English), Giorgio (Italian), Georges (French), Georg (German), Yuri (Russian Slavic), and the original Greek Geōrgios.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jorge
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Jorge by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2006 with 3,518 boys named Jorge (boy rank #120 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #323 for boys (1,069 US births). That's 203 places below its 2006 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jorge Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jorge the strongest states are Texas, Arizona, California.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #113 | 3,222 |
| 2 | Arizona | #134 | 602 |
| 3 | California | #139 | 2,947 |
| 4 | New Mexico | #183 | 116 |
| 5 | Nevada | #188 | 172 |
| 6 | Florida | #241 | 787 |
| 7 | Colorado | #281 | 222 |
| 8 | Illinois | #315 | 372 |
| 9 | Nebraska | #345 | 62 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #353 | 216 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | #847 | 50 |
| 2 | Michigan | #803 | 72 |
| 3 | Missouri | #661 | 70 |
| 4 | Louisiana | #651 | 60 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #609 | 139 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #578 | 79 |
| 7 | Indiana | #575 | 109 |
| 8 | Kentucky | #574 | 56 |
| 9 | Mississippi | #573 | 20 |
| 10 | Minnesota | #538 | 91 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jorge in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Famous People Named Jorge
3 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Jorge.
- Jorge Drexler is a Uruguayan singer-songwriter.
- Jorge Luis Borges was a famous Argentine poet, best known for his magical realism style of writing.
- Jorge Serrano Elías was the former President of Guatemala, Jorge Serrano Elias, he is known for the self-coup he led to establish himself as a dictator of the country.
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Compare Jorge to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jorge against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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