Jorja
Recorded 1942–2025 · United States
Jorja was most popular in 2006, when 267 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,745 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,600, with 50 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,943 people named Jorja.
Jorja over time
How old is the name Jorja?
Jorja first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1942, which makes it about 83 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 70 of the 84 years since.
How many people are named Jorja?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,943 American births named Jorja between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,831 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jorja in 2025?
50 American babies were named Jorja in 2025, ranking #5,600 that year.
Is Jorja getting more or less popular?
Jorja is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 44 births a year, against 84 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Jorja a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jorja is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,943 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Jorja?
Roughly 2,831 Americans named Jorja are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 15 and 22. That is a narrow band: Jorja arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Jorja is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org